Jacques de Maillard is Professor of Political Science at the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin and at Sciences Po Saint Germain-en-Laye, and director of the CESDIP (a research centre affiliated to the CNRS, the French Ministry of Justice, the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin and CY Cergy Paris Université). His interests lie in the questions of local governance of security, the comparative study of policing in Western countries and plural policing. Sebastian Roché is CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) Research Professor at Sciences Po / University of Grenoble Alpes, Pacte research unit. He is the European Editor of Policing and Society. He specializes in comparative governance of police systems and of policing practices.

• IntroductionChallenges and promises of comparative policing research Jacques de Maillard and Sebastian RochéPolicing and the state: national paradigms, private security and citizens’ role 1. Plural policing, the public good, and the constitutional state: an international comparison of Austria and Canada – OntarioBas van Stokkom and Jan Terpstra 2. Comparing private security regulation in the European UnionMark Button and Peter Stiernstedt 3. Citizen participation in community safety: a comparative study of community policing in South Korea and the UKKwan Choi and Ju-lak Lee Comparing police–citizen relations: policies and practices4. Under-regulated and unaccountable? Explaining variation in stop and search rates in Scotland, England and WalesGenevieve Lennon and Kath Murray5. Different styles of policing: discretionary power in street controls by the public police in France and GermanyJacques de Maillard, Daniela Hunold, Sebastian Roché and Dietrich Oberwittler Police legitimacy, democracy and integrity: the need for comparative instruments across contexts 6. Police legitimacy in Africa: a multilevel multinational analysisFrancis D. Boateng7. Assessing the validity of police integrity scale in a comparative contextJon Maskály, Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Maria Haberfeld, Christopher Donner, Tiffany Chen and Michael Meyers

Jacques de Maillard is Professor of Political Science at the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin and at Sciences Po Saint Germain-en-Laye, and director of the CESDIP (a research centre affiliated to the CNRS, the French Ministry of Justice, the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin and CY Cergy Paris Université). His interests lie in the questions of local governance of security, the comparative study of policing in Western countries and plural policing. Sebastian Roché is CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) Research Professor at Sciences Po / University of Grenoble Alpes, Pacte research unit. He is the European Editor of Policing and Society. He specializes in comparative governance of police systems and of policing practices.

• IntroductionChallenges and promises of comparative policing research Jacques de Maillard and Sebastian RochéPolicing and the state: national paradigms, private security and citizens’ role 1. Plural policing, the public good, and the constitutional state: an international comparison of Austria and Canada – OntarioBas van Stokkom and Jan Terpstra 2. Comparing private security regulation in the European UnionMark Button and Peter Stiernstedt 3. Citizen participation in community safety: a comparative study of community policing in South Korea and the UKKwan Choi and Ju-lak Lee Comparing police–citizen relations: policies and practices4. Under-regulated and unaccountable? Explaining variation in stop and search rates in Scotland, England and WalesGenevieve Lennon and Kath Murray5. Different styles of policing: discretionary power in street controls by the public police in France and GermanyJacques de Maillard, Daniela Hunold, Sebastian Roché and Dietrich Oberwittler Police legitimacy, democracy and integrity: the need for comparative instruments across contexts 6. Police legitimacy in Africa: a multilevel multinational analysisFrancis D. Boateng7. Assessing the validity of police integrity scale in a comparative contextJon Maskály, Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Maria Haberfeld, Christopher Donner, Tiffany Chen and Michael Meyers

Jacques de Maillard is Professor of Political Science at the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin and at Sciences Po Saint Germain-en-Laye, and director of the CESDIP (a research centre affiliated to the CNRS, the French Ministry of Justice, the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin and CY Cergy Paris Université). His interests lie in the questions of local governance of security, the comparative study of policing in Western countries and plural policing. Sebastian Roché is CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) Research Professor at Sciences Po / University of Grenoble Alpes, Pacte research unit. He is the European Editor of Policing and Society. He specializes in comparative governance of police systems and of policing practices.

• IntroductionChallenges and promises of comparative policing research Jacques de Maillard and Sebastian RochéPolicing and the state: national paradigms, private security and citizens’ role 1. Plural policing, the public good, and the constitutional state: an international comparison of Austria and Canada – OntarioBas van Stokkom and Jan Terpstra 2. Comparing private security regulation in the European UnionMark Button and Peter Stiernstedt 3. Citizen participation in community safety: a comparative study of community policing in South Korea and the UKKwan Choi and Ju-lak Lee Comparing police–citizen relations: policies and practices4. Under-regulated and unaccountable? Explaining variation in stop and search rates in Scotland, England and WalesGenevieve Lennon and Kath Murray5. Different styles of policing: discretionary power in street controls by the public police in France and GermanyJacques de Maillard, Daniela Hunold, Sebastian Roché and Dietrich Oberwittler Police legitimacy, democracy and integrity: the need for comparative instruments across contexts 6. Police legitimacy in Africa: a multilevel multinational analysisFrancis D. Boateng7. Assessing the validity of police integrity scale in a comparative contextJon Maskály, Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Maria Haberfeld, Christopher Donner, Tiffany Chen and Michael Meyers