Japanese policing ‐ an American invention
Paul Chwialkowski
(Department of Social Sciences, The University of Findlay, Findlay, Ohio, USA)
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Abstract
In the 1990s, the renewed scholarly interest in community policing includes more comparative and historical research, with many studies focusing on Japan. This article presents historical evidence that the highly‐touted Japanese police system was an American invention originating from the post‐World War II occupation of Japan. A review of the facts indicates that not only did the USA reform the Japanese police system, but insisted on re‐creating it according to American models.
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Citation
Chwialkowski, P. (1998), "Japanese policing ‐ an American invention", Policing: An International Journal, Vol. 21 No. 4, pp. 720-731. https://doi.org/10.1108/13639519810241719
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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