Police Training and Education: The Croatian Perspective

Adding value? A review of the international literature on the role of higher education in police training and education

“…This has been done by improvements in police professionalism and the construction of new links between police training academies and university research centers (Lino, 2004). Other sources from emerging democracies have also pointed towards the value of police education as part of the process of political reform and the pursuit of democratic police legitimacy (Veic and Mraovic, 2004).…”

Collaborative policing: police, academics, professionals, and communities working together for education, training, and program implementation

“…These findings contradict those from western countries and highlight the limitations of perspectives that directly link higher education with improved police attitudes without an appreciation of the importance of socio-cultural context when considering policy transfer from one jurisdiction to another. There are contradictory findings from other developing democracies with some evidence of improvements in police professionalism and legitimacy (Lino, 2004) particularly as part of the process of political reform and the pursuit of democratic police legitimacy (Veic and Mraovic, 2004).…”