REPORT OF THE SEMINAR ON 'THE ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE POLICE IN A CHANGING SOCIETY' 39TH SEMINAR COURSE AT UN ASIA AND FAR EAST INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION OF CRIME

• NCJ Number: 34277
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 45 pages
• Corporate Author: United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United Nations

Annotation

AN OVERVIEW OF THE SEMINAR OBJECTIVES AND CONCLUSIONS, AND BRIEF SUMMARIES OF THE PARTICIPANTS' PRESENTATIONS AND GENERAL DISCUSSION SESSIONS ARE PROVIDED IN THIS REPORT.

Abstract

THE THIRTY-NINETH SEMINAR COURSE WAS ATTENDED BY 19 REPRESENTATIVES FROM 13 ASIAN AND FAR EASTERN NATIONS. MOST PARTICIPANTS WERE SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS. AMONG THE SUBJECTS REVIEWED WERE THE GOALS OF POLICE AGENCIES, THE ROLE OF POLICE DISCRETION, THE ORGANIZATION OF THE POLICE FORCE, RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF POLICE, AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN POLICE FUNDING AND REFORMS. RECOMMENDATIONS REACHED DURING THE SEMINAR ARE LISTED. SUMMARIES OF THE PARTICIPANTS' PRESENTATIONS ARE THEN PROVIDED. THE TOPICS COVERED INCLUDED THE NATURE OF CRIME IN THE INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES, POLICE PROBLEMS, THE POLICE ROLE IN A CHANGING SOCIETY, POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS, POLICE RESPONSIBILITIES, AND THE INFLUENCE OF EACH COUNTRY'S CULTURE AND HISTORY ON ITS POLICE FORCE. SUMMARIES OF GENERAL DISCUSSIONS HELD ON APPROPRIATE POLICE TASKS, POLICE RESPONSIBILITIES, FORCE AND AUTHORITY IN THE POLICE ROLE, AND POLICE REFORM ARE ALSO PROVIDED.