The eighth annual meeting of the International Police Executive Symposium was held in Szczytno, Poland in May 2001 and concentrated on the issue of corruption in police and governmental institutions. Sarre (law and criminology, U. of South Australia), Das (sociology and criminal justice, State U. of New York at Plattsburgh, US), and Albrecht (director, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Germany) present 24 revised papers from the conference produced by police and government officials and academics and other researchers in about equal measure. The papers offer descriptions of corruption and efforts to fight it in countries as diverse as Austria, Turkey, Bangladesh, Croatia, Brazil, Macedonia, China, the United States, Belgium, Australia, Kenya, and Russia. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)