Law enforcement in Burkina Faso
Encyclopedia
The Gendarmerie Nationale is the national police
force of Burkina Faso
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Police
The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...
force of Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
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Sources
- World Police Encyclopedia, ed. by Dilip K. Das & Michael Palmiotto published by Taylor & Francis. 2004, p. 137-141 http://books.google.com/books?id=4EeE3tblo98C&pg=PA139&lpg=PA139&dq=Burkina+Faso+police&source=bl&ots=kF7xYFdD0K&sig=t6OXuzksbuU-nP_cn7Yg-VgtoYY&hl=en&ei=qmYYSvuFKZ3ItgeFrJHqDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10 .
- World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems,second edition, 2006 by Gale.
- Sullivan, Larry E. Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2005.