Urbanization, Policing, and Security

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Urbanization, Policing, and Security

Global Perspectives

Police and security services Causes and prevention of crime Politics and government Warfare and defence Legal aspects of criminology Police law and police procedures

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Collection: International Police Executive Symposium Co-Publications

Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 16th December 2009

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9781040220948


Urbanization and Security Challenges

In terms of raw numbers, the amount of world urban dwellers have increased four-fold, skyrocketing from 740 million in 1950 to almost 3.3 billion in 2007.

This ongoing urbanization will continue to create major security challenges in most countries.

Based on contributions from academics and practitioners from countries as diverse as Nigeria, Pakistan...

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