The African post-conflict policing agenda in Sierra Leone
The African post-conflict policing agenda in Sierra Leone
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塞拉利昂的非洲冲突后警务议程
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10.1080/14678800600590629
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2006
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B. Baker
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B. Baker
这篇文章考察了内战四年后塞拉利昂的治安情况。它评估了在应对非洲冲突后社会的主要警务挑战的警务领域取得的成就。这些措施包括招募和(重新)培训文职部队；建立对公民关切负责和回应的组织文化；组织重建和重新装备；利用商业和社区有组织的警务资源；以及建立可持续的基础。研究发现，尽管取得了所有积极成就，但事实仍然是，塞拉利昂政府仍然没有对其领土的大部分地区实施有效控制，也没有能力向这些地区提供国家警务服务。7000名现役警察人数太少，资源也太有限，无法为所有塞拉利昂公民提供保护他们免遭犯罪和调查犯罪的服务。它的根本弱点意味着冲突后的内部安全方案可能不得不重新审视目前授权和提供治安的其他人。可以利用一些社区领导的警务小组，并在必要时进行改革，以协助警察建立法治。
This article examines policing in Sierra Leone four years after the civil war. It evaluates the achievements in the area of policing against the major policing challenges in African post-conflict societies. These are recruitment and (re)training of a civilian force; establishing an organizational culture that is accountable and responsive to citizen concerns; organizational rebuilding and re-equipment; utilizing the resources of commercial and community organized policing; and establishing a sustainable basis. The research finds that for all the positive achievements, the fact remains that the government of Sierra Leone still does not exert effective control over, nor is it able to deliver state policing services to, significant parts of its own territory. The 7,000 active police officers are too small in number and too limited in resources to provide all Sierra Leone's citizens with a service that protects them from crime and investigates crime. Its fundamental weaknesses mean that post-conflict internal security programmes may have to look again at others who currently authorize and provide policing. It may be that some community led policing groups can be harnessed and if necessary reformed to assist the police in establishing the rule of law.