Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-248) and index.
Police mission, ideals, and values -- Inferences from excellent companies -- Perspectives on police culture -- Autobiographical perspectives -- Multicultural perspectives -- Image of American policing -- The armed police in British colonial tradition -- The colonial beginnings of the Indian police -- Comparative organizational perspectives -- Street cops -- Organizational diagnosis -- Human values & police leadership -- Innovations and experimentations -- Police as a learning organization