This book examines the allegations against the professionalism, transparency, and integrity of law enforcement toward minority groups, from a global perspective. It addresses the challenges inherent in maintaining strong ties with members of the community, and draws attention to obstacles in ensuring public confidence and trust in rule of law institutions.  Acknowledging the consistency of this concern despite geographic location, ethnic diversity, and religious tolerance, this book will consider controversial factors that have caused many groups and individuals to question their relationship with law enforcement.  The book will examine the context of police-community relations with contributed research from Nigeria, South Africa, Kosovo, Turkey, New Zealand, Mexico, Scandinavia and other North American and European viewpoints.  It addresses the roles that critical factors such as ethnicity, political instability, conflict, colonization, mental health, police practice, religion, critical criminology, socialism, and many other important aspects have played on perceptions of policing and rule of law.Suitable for law enforcement practitioners and researchers, policy makers, and students of criminal justice, this key volume takes up one of the biggest challenges and controversies in policing today with quantitative and qualitative research and practical policy recommendations.weiterlesen