Full Description
This edited volume examines the experiences and the roles of the police deployed on peacekeeping and intervention missions in Afghanistan, Bougainville, Cyprus, Haiti, Kosovo, Namibia, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, and Ukraine. Despite the extensive literature that has examined the role of the military in peacekeeping and intervention operations, little literature or information that investigates the role and the work of the police or the methods that they use to assist in the reformation of local police is available. This book provides an overview of the history and role of the police in peacekeeping missions, and discusses the principle factors of police reform and development in post-conflict nations. It includes case studies assessing the background of the conflict and the police deployments, as well as their role, contributions, and achievements.
Including two in-depth surveys of police officer experiences on peacekeeping missions, this volume will be of great value to policing researchers and law enforcement leadership, police historians, and students and researchers of post-conflict development.
Contents
Introduction to International Peacekeeping and Post-conflict Democratic Reform.- Police Reform and Development within the Context of Peacekeeping Deployments.- The Role of the New Zealand Police in International Peacekeeping and in providing Post-conflict Assistance.- The Role of the New Zealand Police in Police Reform and International Peacekeeping in Afghanistan.- New Zealand Police Peacekeeping Operations in Papua New Guinea.- New Zealand Police Rule of Law Reform Efforts in the Solomon Islands.- The New Zealand Police Peacekeeping Deployment in Timor-Leste.- Contributions of the Canadian Police in International Peacekeeping Missions.- The role of police reform in conflict resolution in Ukraine's Donbas Region.- Enhancing law enforcement and criminal justice within Kosovo: Evaluating the challenges in rule of law reform in a post-conflict developing democracy.- Challenges and lessons learned in United Nations Mentoring of local police in Haiti in 2009-2010.- Complex Acculturation -The hidden cultural challenge in United Nations police missions.- Community conflict associated with PTSD and negative outcomes for United Nations police officers.- An Analysis of the Experiences of Police Officers in Post-conflict Peacekeeping Missions: the New Zealand Police Perspectives.- The Policing of Post-conflict Nations and Regions.- Afterword: Final Thoughts about International Policing and Peacekeeping.
