Police, Corruption and Crime in Development

Conluding conference on crime and police corruption including Kalle Moene, Jens Chr. Andvig, Scott Gates, Petter Gottschalk and Morten Bøås.

The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) has the pleasure of inviting you to the conference:

Police, Corruption and Crime in Development

The conference concludes the NRC funded project on the connections between growth, development, conflict-solving, crime and police corruption.

Programme (10.00-16.00)

Opening and Welcome

Section I:  Crime, Development and Police Corruption (10.15 – 11.45)
 

Crime induced poverty traps revisited Kalle Moene, UiO
Police crime Petter Gottschalk, BI
Police corruption in developing and developed countries. Some causes.  Jens C. Andvig, NUPI, Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, CMI.

Coffee Break

Section II: Case Studies from Developing Countries (12.00 – 12.45)

Crime and  police corruption in Kenya Tiberius Barasa, Centre for Policy Research, Kenya.
Police corruption in India.  Amit Shrivastava, University of Bergen,

Lunch

Section III: Consequences of police corruption (13.30 – 15.30)

Income distribution and police corruption. An econometric analysis.Gbewopo Attilla
Police misconduct and task commitment in some US. police forces. The importance of task legitimacy in the public sector. Scott Gates, Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO

Panel initiated debate: The role of crime and police behavior in developmentIncluding Morten Bøås (FAFO), Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, CMI