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This chapter examines the reform and development of police agencies in post-conflict countries as a component of peacekeeping missions. This clearly involves multifaceted phenomena. A brief history of the changes in peacekeeping missions will be outlined, with a discussion on the approach to reforming police organizations in post-conflict nations. The weakness in the approach to transnational police reform and capacity development and current provision of assistance to undertake this reform will be thoroughly examined. A detailed analysis of the methods used to reform police organizations in post-conflict nations, specifically the issue of deploying a gendarmerie-type police model to post-conflict nations, will conclude this discussion.
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den Heyer, G. (2021). Police Reform and Development Within the Context of Peacekeeping Deployments. In: den Heyer, G., Albrecht, J.F. (eds) Police and International Peacekeeping Missions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77900-9_2
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