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.Īfter almost 20 years after the final Balkan conflict in which thousands of innocent civilians were killed and a few hundred thousand were displaced, the government of a unilaterally declared independent “Republic of Kosovo” continues to move toward a functional democratic government and eventual European Union membership.

It includes case studies assessing the background of the conflict and the police deployments, as well as their role, contributions, and achievements. 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.

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.ĭespite 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.

Conflict prevention and resolution