Includes bibliogrphical references and index.

Introduction: Higher Police Education - an International Perspective; Colin Rogers and Bernhard Frevel -- Part 1- Professionalization -- Education and the Police Professionalisation Agenda: a Perspective from England and Wales; Steve Tong and Katja Hellenberg -- Police Basic Training in Sweden - Vocational or Academic? An Educational Muddle; Anders Green -- The New Zealand Context: Finding Common-Ground in the Land of the Long White Cloud; Steven Darroch -- Part 2 Innovation -- The College of Policing: Police Education and Research in England and Wales; Colin Rogers and Beth Smith -- Police Higher Education in China; William Chen -- Higher Education and Democratic Policing: Challenges from Latin America; José Vincente Tavares dos Santos -- A Comparative Look on the Developments of Higher Education and Policing across Europe; Detlef Nogala and Andre Konze -- Part 3- Application -- Responding to Needs of Higher Analytical Competence in the Police: Master Programs at the Norwegian Police University College; Aun Hunsager Andresen and Nina Jon -- Starting as a Kommissar / Inspector? The State's Career System and Higher Education for Police Officers in Germany; Bernhard Frevel -- Higher Police Education in the Netherlands;Jan Heinen and Harry Peeters -- Down Under - Police Education at the Charles Sturt University, Australia; Tracey Green and Mick Corboy.