Are policing methods particular to a given culture? Is the motivation of cops around the world universal?
Magdalen Nabb: I have some doubts, because I have found one very big difference between the Mediterranean and the Anglo-Saxon culture in police. It s not a permanent state of affairs but it is very very strong. And that is that we Anglo-Saxons, when we see a problem we want to solve the problem. There s satisfaction in it. It s an achievement. There is no word for achievement in Italian. An Italian policeman who sees a murder looks at it and says, Will this do my career any good or will it do my career any harm? And you will find this in my books all the time. The Marshal is not an ambitious man, at all. But he does not want to be transferred out of Florence to some end of the world–Siberia of Italy. And so he has to tread very very carefully. And the minute he is confronted with a body and he sees, as he does on occasion, the name on the door is hyphenated about fifteen times. It is not without exception, but I think it s not the only driving force. I do think we have some, particula
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