International Experience in Assessing the Effectiveness of Law Enforcement Agencies in Crime Prevention

Vira   Halunko; Oleh  Shkuta; Oleh  Predmestnikov; Nataliia  Petrenko; Nina  Holenko

Vira Halunko Department of Professional and Special Disciplines of Kherson Faculty, Odesa State University of Internal Affairs
Oleh Shkuta Department of Professional and Special Disciplines of Kherson Faculty, Odesa State University of Internal Affairs, Kherson, Ukraine
Oleh Predmestnikov Department of Professional and Special Disciplines of Kherson Faculty, Odesa State University of Internal Affairs, Kherson, Ukraine.
Nataliia Petrenko Department of Professional and Special Disciplines of Kherson Faculty, Odesa State University of Internal Affairs, Kherson, Ukraine.
Nina Holenko Odesa State University of Internal Affairs.

Keywords: international experience in public order, control and evaluation, law enforcement agencies, crime prevention policies, criteria for the evaluation of lawenforcement

Abstract

The objective of the investigation was to analyze some international experience in assessing the effectiveness of law enforcement in crime prevention. Methodologically, the dialectic method, typical of materialistic philosophy, was combined with scientific techniques of cognition. It is concluded that the basis for assessing the effectiveness of law enforcement agencies in different countries is based on a set of quantitative and qualitative criteria; sometimes such criteria conflict with each other, as some are beneficial for bureaucratic reporting, while others reflect the public's interests. Public opinion, as one of the main criteria, is becoming increasingly important in assessing the effectiveness of law enforcement agencies in some countries (e.g., the Slovak Republic), and in the US, France, Japan, Austria, and Italy, it is a traditional evaluation tool. Ambiguous is the use of statistics to assess the effectiveness of law enforcement in certain countries and Finally, there are countries where criminal statistics are a priority to determine the effectiveness of law enforcement and in others not.

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Author Biographies

Vira Halunko, Department of Professional and Special Disciplines of Kherson Faculty, Odesa State University of Internal Affairs

Professor, Doctor of Science in law, Professor at the Department of Professional and Special Disciplines of Kherson Faculty, Odesa State University of Internal Affairs, Kherson, Ukraine.

Oleh Shkuta , Department of Professional and Special Disciplines of Kherson Faculty, Odesa State University of Internal Affairs, Kherson, Ukraine

Doctor of Science in law, Professor at the Department of Professional and Special Disciplines of Kherson Faculty, Odesa State University of Internal Affairs, Kherson, Ukraine.

Oleh Predmestnikov , Department of Professional and Special Disciplines of Kherson Faculty, Odesa State University of Internal Affairs, Kherson, Ukraine.

Doctor of Science in law, Professor at the Department of Professional and Special Disciplines of Kherson Faculty, Odesa State University of Internal Affairs, Kherson, Ukraine.

Nataliia Petrenko , Department of Professional and Special Disciplines of Kherson Faculty, Odesa State University of Internal Affairs, Kherson, Ukraine.

Candidate of Science in law, Associate Professor at the Department of Professional and Special Disciplines of Kherson Faculty, Odesa State University of Internal Affairs, Kherson.

Nina Holenko , Odesa State University of Internal Affairs.

Candidate of Science in law, Associate Professor at the Special Phisical and Weapons Training of Kherson Faculty, Odesa State University of Internal Affairs, Kherson, Ukraine.

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