Police Corruption Prevention in Post-Conflict Societies
A special issue of Laws (ISSN 2075-471X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 92301
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The role of the police is pivotal in law enforcement and criminal justice of any society. The police are tasked to perform their duties with respect to the rule of law and human rights. In post-conflict societies or states undergoing armed conflict, these roles are often hindered, with the police engaging in corruption, brutality, and criminality. As representatives of the state and its governance, police malfeasance results in poor public confidence and illegitimacy within the national police force and the government. Due to these factors, and particularly within an extremely volatile setting, police corruption can intensify public support for anti-opposition groups and an insurgency that further deteriorates police reform and state functionality.
In the response to police corruption, many externally driven and legal policy reform initiatives have been undertaken, which have attracted support from the donor community and major international financial institutions. However, the fight against police corruption in conflict-stricken or recovering states has been undermined by grand corruption and issues related to pay, which have intensified petty bribery in addition to roadside extortion and state capture.
This Special Issue focuses on the importance of challenging police corruption in post-conflict societies due to the weakening of the rule of law and security. The central focus in on anticorruption strategy and legal policy reform toward combating and preventing police corruption in post-conflict societies.
We invite submissions from a diverse set of contributors to examine the following:
- Both the problems that police corruption brings in a variety of post-conflict societies and the legal efforts to curtail police corruption in volatile settings.
- What are the causes and consequences of police corruption in post-conflict societies and states undergoing current armed conflict?
- What pre-existing strategies have been put in place to prevent and fight police corruption in post-conflict societies?
- What lessons can be learned regarding the viability of contemporary anticorruption strategy and legal policy reform?
- What recommendations can be provided to establish greater cohesion and efforts to prevent police corruption in post-conflict societies?
- What is the role of the international donor community and external stakeholders?
- Should local ownership of anticorruption strategy be encouraged to prevent police corruption?
Submissions may choose to focus on thematic work based on a range of settings, and submissions on specific country contexts are strongly encouraged. It is envisioned that the Special Issue will appeal to scholars and practitioners within the criminal justice sector, political scientists, criminologists, and international lawyers.
The Special Issue will contribute to scholarship and the themes of police corruption, conflict studies, anticorruption, and statebuilding, with a focus on the potential of legal policy reform and other political initiatives to prevent and combat police corruption in post-conflict societies and states undergoing armed conflict.
Dr. Danny Singh
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- police corruption
- conflict studies
- anticorruption
- police reform
- statebuilding
- rule of law
- corruption
- human rights
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