ABSTRACT
All around the world police leaders and their organizations face problems with improving aspects of their performance. On occasions these issues can involve relatively minor improvements or adjustments in practice, while in other instances organizational and performance problems can be more widespread and potentially endemic, requiring a number of interventions or strategies to bring about meaningful change and improved outcomes. Another set of factors in understanding the processes linking demands for change in police practice and outcomes are the key actors involved in this process both locally and internationally. This book critically examines the role of police training, education and development and organizational change and the key stakeholders involved. This collection of essays explores practices in police training and education drawn from around the world and the factors which are changing them, and provides a lens for understanding important developments, similarities, and differences in world policing.
