ABSTRACT

Police corruption exists in some form in almost all police services across the globe. However, in most developing societies, this corruption tends to be pervasive and generally reflects the prevailing extent of corruption in those societies at large and the failure or nonperformance of governance institutions in curbing such corruption. In fact, the extent and nature of police corruption in any developing society is a direct reflection of the state of corruption in that society. And, because of the deleterious effects and consequences of police corruption in such societies, police reforms have become an imperative and

Chapter 1: An Analytical Perspective on Police Corruption and Police Reforms in Developing Societies ................................... 229

Chapter 2: Confronting Police Corruption in Developing Societies: The Role of the Rule of Law ........................................................ 230

Chapter 3: Emphasizing Anticorruption Training as a Reform Tool to Curb Police Corruption in Developing Societies ............... 230

Chapter 4: Ghana: Reducing Police Corruption and Promoting Police Professionalism through Reforms ................................. 231

Chapter 5: Kenya: Police Corruption and Reforms to Control It ............ 232 Chapter 6: South Africa: A Schizophrenic System for Combating the

Scourge of Police Corruption .................................................... 232 Chapter 7: Cameroon: Police Corruption and the Police Reforms

Imperative ..................................................................................... 233 Chapter 8: Hong Kong: Police Corruption and Reforms .......................... 233 Chapter 9: India: Nature of Police Corruption and Its Remedies ............ 234 Chapter 10: Royal Solomon Islands: Rainbows across the Mountains?