Police Accountability
Adapting Police Liability and Control Mechanisms to Heterogeneous Societies and Transnational Policing
For several decades, police accountability has been a prominent term in policing research. Its status as a buzzword often obscures the deeper issues it encompasses, such as the institutional and individual liability of police actors and the various mechanisms for oversight. Analyzing these issues in depth is crucial for adapting police oversight to the changing nature of police work, ranging from transnational cooperation to the policing of increasingly heterogeneous societies. For example, it is not always clear who can be held liable for actions in a transnational context where officers from one country operate in another. Furthermore, oversight in plural societies can be more challenging, as minority groups run the risk of being both overpoliced and insufficiently protected from police misconduct.
The project analyzes various mechanisms of liability, control, and oversight for policing in increasingly heterogeneous societies and transnational environments. To this end, it examines the challenges arising from police work conducted outside traditional territorial jurisdictions. By doing so, it will identify potential pitfalls and evaluate proposals for future development.
| Research outcome: | conference and special journal issue |
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| Research focus: | 2. Trends: Internationalization, Digitalization, and Fragmentation |
| Project language: | English |
| Illustration: | © VGV/AdobeStock.com |
