Police Training to Promote the Rule of Law and Protect the Population (2022) / Chapter Skim
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5 Committee Conclusions
5 Committee Conclusions
Pages 65-72
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. Foreign assistance donors should consider the main objectives of specific reform efforts and the steps required to achieve the reform, including the need for new units or leaders, incentive structures, new technologies, partnerships with local community groups, and political support.
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Agency structures and resources and officer education levels or prior training experiences can also can play a role in whether replication of training is successful across con texts. At a minimum, global efforts to advance security and justice reform through police training require government and police buy-in, separation of the police from military forces, police accountability systems, the public's belief that police can protect them, police partnerships with human rights organizations, and intimate knowledge of local institutional and societal conditions (see Bayley, 2001)
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, and if they have a sound understanding of criminological theory alongside the mechanisms that cause crime problems then they may have a better chance of using their police powers in ways that are fair and effective. For at least five decades and across the world, criminological research has shown that crime in cities is highly concentrated in certain micro-geographic places with certain people committing most reported crimes, which are committed against some victims far more often than other victims.
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Four key theories of crime causation that are supported by extensive multinational research have substantial relevance to policing: 1. Routine Activities Theory: Crime emerges when a likely offender converges with a suitable crime target in the absence of a capable guardian.
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Problem-solving aimed at crime prevention requires public participation. Abilities such as building multiagency partnerships, communications skills, and interviewing are also needed to direct offenders and victims to appropriate resources as well as to gather information from the community to address crime hot spots.
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Although training methods may be an integral part of the outcomes of any training content, there is ample reason to believe that training methods themselves require a separate body of evidence. The world of adult learning has become increasingly innovative in the 21st century, with online learning rising rapidly in its use and efficiency.
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While many training assessments often test participants' recall and understanding, the absence of rigorous evaluation on the impacts of training on actual officer behaviors in the field leaves critical questions u nanswered. Ideally, rigorous evaluations of police training outcomes occur before wide spread promotion and implementation of specific training programs; how ever, it is possible to conduct an evaluation in concert with implementation, learn from assessments, and make improvements to training.
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72 POLICE TRAINING TO PROMOTE THE RULE OF LAW the content, context, goals, and sustainability of each training program. Moreover, foreign assistance donors might be well positioned to foster collaboration and partnerships between universities and police academies to promote ongoing collaboration and sharing of lessons learned and good practice across institutions.
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