Policing the Caribbean provides an outstanding combination of theoretical and empirical probity that takes the perimeters of knowledge about law enforcement in the Caribbean to new frontiers. It's a must read by public security scholars, practitioners, and policy workers in the Caribbean and those concerned with the region, in Europe, North America, and elsewhere.
Ivelaw Lloyd Griffth, Professor of Political Science, The City University of New York
This admirable book is a pioneering examination of the workings of the upper echelons of the policing family of the Commonwealth Caribbean in a comparative fashion. It raises a number of profound questions [providing] much food for thought if little comfort.
PETER D FRASER, Trinidad and Tobago Review
This book deftly weaves empirical detail with a survey of the academic literature on transnational security actors and is a nearly textbook perfect example of twenty-first century sociology of policing research.
James Sheptycki, Policing and Society
Bowling has succeeded in writing the most comprehensive book on policing in the Caribbean yet... The author has, additionally, managed to produce that rarest of creatures - a specialized academic book that is also an immensely enjoyable read.
Mary Alice Young, Intelligence and National Security
... a valuable resource for graduate and undergraduate stude nts specializing in governance and security, and a particularly useful reference for Caribbean criminal justice scholars and practitioners seeking to improve their understanding of the practice and politics of transnational policing.
Carl Williams, The British Journal of Criminology