David H. Bayley

David H. Bayley (March 26, 1933 – May 10, 2020) was an American political scientist who taught at the University of Denver and the State University of New York at Albany. He was dean of SUNY Albany's School of Criminal Justice from 1995 to 2004 and was Distinguished Professor Emeritus. He authored 18 books, Bayley was described in 2015 as “America’s principal, most respected and longest serving policing expert at-large and the world’s preeminent scholar of international policing studies.”

Selected works

Bayley, D. H. (1969). Police and Political Development in India. Princeton University Press.