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About The Book: The author very critically and analytically examines the various aspects of the policing in Indian context. The book also briefly, but lucidly deals with the police force and policing in United States, Britain, Australia and Latin America. The author also managed to detect the various obstacles being faced by the police force in the area of free investigation and how their confidence and morale are eroded. The book also maps out the ways for police force to tackle and combat the terrorists and terrorism in very effective manner. The need of the proper training for the police force is also stressed very rightly. The unnecessary adversary between press and police force is corroborated by the author very convincingly. About The Author: Sankar Sen, is former DirectorGeneral, National Human Rights Commission and former Director of the SVP National Police Academy. CONTENTS: Foreword • Preface • Police Brutality in Perspective Dirty Harry Problem • Police Brutality Around the World • Policing a Democratic Society: The British Experience • Lynch Killing: An Ominous Trend • Soaring Crime in the Capital • Bomb Blasts in Delhi • Illusions about Crime Control • Torture in Police Custody • Police Autonomy and Accountability • Policing the PoliceExperience in the United Kingdom • Trends in american Policing • Zero Tolerance Policing in New York • Reexamination of the Police Role in Crime Prevention • Agony of Martin Massey: Lessons and Warnings • Criminal InvestigationMyth and Reality • Training for Transformation • Role of Trainers in Police Training Institutions • Features of Modern Terrorism • Role of the Army in Combating Terrorism • Guns and Explosives • Plea for a Magnimous View on Punjab Excesses • Death Penalty for Rapists • Scourge of Child Prostitution • The Curse of Bonded Labour • Child Marriage • Gender Bias in Police Investigation • Indian Prisons • Prisons and Human Rights • Privatising Prisons • Indian Approach to NonDiscrimination Law • Forgotten