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Comparative Perspectives on Complaints against the Police
Thu, September 12, 9:30 to 10:45am, Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, Floor: Ground floor, Amphitheater 2 „Nicolae Titulescu”Session Submission Type: Pre-arranged Panel
Abstract
This panel examines the handling of complaints against the police in a comparative perspective. It presents key findings from the international project Police Accountability – Towards International Standards (ORA, 2021-2024) which brought together researchers from Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom. The project and the panel mainly focus on Independent Police Complaints Bodies (IPCBs) external to the police and their role in the system of police accountability. While in all countries involved in the project, citizens have the possibility to file complaints against police practices, the way in which IPCBs are institutionally shaped and their practices in the handling of complaints vary considerably. The panel draws conclusions from the empirical work on IPCBs carried out in the five countries. Some of the contributions are based on chapters to be published in an edited volume (Johansen et al. (eds.), Routledge 2024).
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Chairs
Hartmut Aden, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Berlin Intitute for Safety and Security Research (FÖPS Berlin)
Daniela Hunold, HWR Berlin − Berlin School of Economics and Law
Individual Presentations
Independent Police Complaint Bodies’ Use of Amateur Footage: Benefits and Drawbacks - Morgane Herault, CESDIP-Université Versailles
Controlling the police? What are the Independent Police Complaint Bodies for? - Anja Johansen, University of Dundee; Christian Mouhanna, CNRS CESDIP
To complain or not to complain: an interplay of perceptions between Independent Police Complaint Bodies and complainants - Vicky Hébert Brassard, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
International Standards for Police Complaints System - Genevieve Lennon, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow; Hartmut Aden, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Berlin Intitute for Safety and Security Research (FÖPS Berlin)