Police Corruption and Police Reforms in Developing Societies

This book provides critical analyses of the nature and extent of police corruption and misconduct in developing societies and the police reforms that have either been embarked upon or that are necessary to control and mitigate the deleterious effects. It offers a comprehensive, authoritative account of what we know about the causes and consequences of police corruption and the lessons learned from the police reform efforts that have been undertaken to control corruption in a wide cross-section of developing societies spanning several continents.

Kempe Ronald Hope, Sr., formerly with the United Nations, is the Director of the Policy Division at Development Practice International, Oakville, Ontario, Canada. He has been a technical adviser to several governments on anticorruption policy, including the development of national anticorruption plans and police anticorruption and reform strategies. He has also been a professor of development studies at several universities in North America, Africa, and the Caribbean. He has published many books on the subjects of governance, policy, corruption, and development, particularly in Africa and the Caribbean.