 | Comparing Police Corruption: Bulgaria, Germany, Russia and Singapore Subjects: Global Development; Economics Finance Business & Industry; Health and Social Care; Law; Politics & International Relations; Social Sciences; Politics & Development; Population & Development; Policing & Police Law; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Finance; Social Work and Social Policy; Criminology - Law; International Law - Law; Government; Regulatory Policy; Public Finance; Social Justice; Crime and Society; Criminal Justice - Criminology; Governance; Political Institutions; Public Ethics; Criminal Justice; Police; Crime Control - Criminology; Public International Law; This book analyses police corruption across four country case studies, exploring how the problem manifests in each country and how it can be reduced. The problem of police corruption ranges from having to pay a bribe to a traffic cop to avoid a speeding fine, right up to more serious forms, such as collusion with organised crime groups and terrorists. The issue therefore constitutes a significant security threat and a human rights issue, but it is often difficult to understand the extent of the problem, and how it varies across contexts. This book analyses the corruption situation in Bulgaria, Germany, Russia and Singapore, identifies similarities and differences across them, and analyses the various means of addressing the problem: punitive, incentivising, technological, administrative and imaging, and the role of civil society. Drawing on existing literature and research, the book also makes extensive use of local sources and original survey data across the four countries. As comparative literature on police corruption remains rare, this book's survey of the situation in two developed states and two post-communist transition states will be of considerable interest to students and researchers across corruption studies, criminology, police studies and security studies, as well as practitioners working in anti-corruption and law enforcement agencies. Leslie Holmes is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He also teaches annually at the Graduate School of Social Research in Warsaw and the Renmin University of China in Beijing, and sometimes at the International Anti-Corruption Academy in Vienna. Among his numerous books are Rotten States: Corruption, Post-Communism and Neoliberalism (2006) and Corruption: A Very Short Introduction (2015). |
