• E4J University Module Series: Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

• Module 5: Police Accountability, Integrity and Oversight

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

  • Topic 1: Policing in democracies and the need for accountability, integrity, oversight
  • Topic 2: Key mechanisms and actors in police accountability and oversight
  • Topic 3: Crosscutting and contemporary issues in police accountability
  • Summary
  • References

• Exercises

• Case studies

• Possible class structure  

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

• Guidelines to develop a stand-alone course

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• First published in July 2019
  

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  This module is a resource for lecturers  

 

Summary

 

This Module is designed to introduce students to the subjects of police accountability, integrity and oversight. Structured in three key topics, the Module provides an overview of: the role of police in democratic societies, and the need for police accountability; integrity and oversight, key mechanisms for effective police oversight; and cross-cutting and contemporary issues in police accountability, oversight and integrity. The Module presents materials that lecturers can use to teach students to critically assess and a range of issues relevant to police accountability, including gender, police detention, the role of whistle-blowers in police accountability and diversity in policing. A series of innovative exercises allow students to practice their knowledge and skills in applying the international standards on police accountability, integrity and oversight to situations relevant to their local context.

 

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