New Delhi, June 16 -- How would one live peacefully in a society if there was no one to hold the wrongdoers accountable? Yet, the very mention of the word 'police' still sends chills down the spine of the public. It's indeed the intent to shatter such misconceptions and smash certain preconceived notions that has apparently led to conceiving the book, Policing and Crime Trends in India.

Aiming to chronicle India's police systems and their response to changing crime patterns, author Dinesh Kumar Gupta, who is currently serving in the Indian Police Service (IPS), undertakes the complex task and attempts to transition seamlessly between institutional history while categorising different types of crimes. It's here that a reader finds interes...