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CJ Systems World-Wide
In countries with centrally or nationally administered law enforcement agencies, such agencies may come under departments such as:
Ministry of Interior
Ministry of Home Affairs-commonly over prison system
Ministry of Internal Affair
Ministry of Security
Ministry of Defense
Ministry of Justice-Sweden
Portugal
State Minister for Police-NSW Australia Example
Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services NT Australia Example
Prison or Correctional Departments are not always under the same superordinate organization as law enforcement agencies within a country.
NT Australia-Department of Justice administers corrections.
Brunei-example of prison and police under "Home Affairs"
Police and matter pertaining to Internal Security may also come directly under a Prime Minister's Office
Prison in Ministry of Home Affairs in Singapore (Off line info)
Variations in Policing Structure
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All countries have at least one national law enforcement agency |
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May also have an intelligence function (BKA) |
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Cities may have separate police agencies with differing functions |
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City police departments in some countries do not have their own criminal investigative divisions |
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Individual county (outside cities) police departments in addition to city police departments |
Structural differences in ranks and promotions
Regional police departments, including some city departments
Example: Great Britain (England and Wales)
Use of Regional Police Authorities (21) in Sweden
NOTE: Trend to regionalize or absorb smaller local departments
in Canada
Example
New trend in some countries with national police:
Create additional municipal police agencies
Rationale?
SPECIALIZED AGENCIES:
(Are there comparable agencies in the U.S.?)
BORDER AGENCIES, NON-URBAN LAW ENFORCEMENT-OTHER
Bundespolizei Organizational Chart
Gendarmerie-description-Turkey
website Here
Gendarmerie and National Police of Iran
State-wide police agencies-
Under Ministry of Interior-Germany
Example: Baden Wuerttemberg
Canada-some provinces all policing function of RCMP
See "Eat your Heart Out" police car (off-line only)
Important Concepts/Information:
Areas in which comparative studies increase understanding
Reasons for growing interdependence of countries around the world
Barriers to cooperation between countries
Differences between countries that can make a comparison of crime rates difficult
Five global crime problems affecting nearly
all countries
Types of responses to global crime problems by various countries
Types of International Courts
Five different legal traditions
Difference between Islamic Law and other legal traditions
Difference between procedural and substantive law
Witness requirement for prosecuting adultery under Islamic Law
What is a Fatwa?
Types of ministries over national police agencies in foreign countries
Prevalence of national law enforcement agencies (specialized or general law
enforcement)
What generally is a GENDARMERIE?
The use of police authories in UK and Sweden
Police Consolidation trend in Canada