Police

Introduction to Police

Police, agency of a community or government that is responsible for maintaining public order and preventing and detecting crime. The basic police mission-preserving order by enforcing rules of conduct or laws-was the same in ancient societies as it is in sophisticated urban environments.” (1)

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See Also

• Worker
• Employee Benefits
• Employ
• Employment
• White Collar Worker
• Blue Collar Worker
• Labor Right
• Employee

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Notes and References

• Information about Police in the Encarta Online Encyclopedia

Guide to Police

The Legal History of Police in islamic law

This section provides an overview of Police in islamic law

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See Also

• Legal Biography
• Legal Traditions
• Historical Laws
• History of Law

Further Reading

• Police in islamic law in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press)
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History (Oxford University Press)
• Police in islamic law in the Dictionary of Concepts in History, by Harry Ritter
• A Short History of Western Legal Theory, by John Kelly

Hierarchical Display of Police

Politics > Politics and public safety > Public safety > Public order
European Union > European construction > European Union > Common foreign and security policy > Common security and defence policy > EU police mission
European Union > European construction > European Union > Area of freedom, security and justice > EU police cooperation > CEPOL
European Union > European construction > European Union > Area of freedom, security and justice > EU police cooperation > Europol

Police

Concept of Police

See the dictionary definition of Police.

Characteristics of Police

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Translation of Police

• Spanish: Policía
• French: Police
• German: Polizei
• Italian: Polizia
• Portuguese: Polícia
• Polish: Policja

Thesaurus of Police

Politics > Politics and public safety > Public safety > Public order > Police
European Union > European construction > European Union > Common foreign and security policy > Common security and defence policy > EU police mission > Police
European Union > European construction > European Union > Area of freedom, security and justice > EU police cooperation > CEPOL > Police
European Union > European construction > European Union > Area of freedom, security and justice > EU police cooperation > Europol > Police

See also

• EU police mission
• CEPOL

• Municipal police
• Regional police
• Neighbourhood police
• Deprived urban area

• National police