Crime Reduction & Police Accountability

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The Crime Reduction and Police Accountability research area focuses on promoting citizen security and reducing crime while curbing abuses of power by state-backed law enforcement agents and the criminal justice system in countries around the world. This research area will study innovations in police and criminal justice reform, incorporating state and non-state actors in promoting security, and inclusive governance arrangements for public safety. The research area builds on EGAP’s four year (2016-2020) Metaketa round on community based policing. Potential new areas of research focus include:

accountability mechanisms to promote good police behavior;
Interventions to reform the criminal justice system;
changes in recruitment, training and counseling of officers and law enforcement officials;
new law enforcement and citizen engagement strategies;
structural reforms to law enforcement agencies;
social crime prevention strategies.