Mitigating corruption in government security forces : the role of institutions, incentives, and personnel management in Mexico / Beth J. Asch, Nicholas Burger, Mary Manqing Fu.

Author
Asch, Beth J. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2011.
Description
xx, 66 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

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Summary note
Corruption in the Mexican police forces is widely acknowledged and longstanding. The Mexican government has undertaken police reforms in recent years that have focused on professionalizing the Mexican police. Key components of these reforms have been changes in compensation and personnel policies as a way of creating a civil service for police personnel. Whether these reforms are the right ones or have helped are open questions. In this report, we draw on the literature on corruption and personnel incentives and analyze household survey data and other information related to police reform in Mexico. The study's objectives were to address questions about the roots of corruption and the tools that could be used to mitigate corruption, with a focus on compensation and personnel management policies. We also provide an initial assessment, based on available information, about the effectiveness of these policies. The report should be of interest to the broad policy and research communities concerned about police corruption in general and in Mexico specifically.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-66).
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Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
  • Introduction
  • Insights from the Literature
  • Mexico's Police Reforms
  • Empirical Data on Corruption and Inputs to Professionalism in the Mexican Security Services
  • Conclusions.
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Also available online.
ISBN
  • 9780833052582 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0833052586 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2011033844
OCLC
747232726
RCP
H - S
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