Police Training and Education

The Croatian Perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID21178080
AuthorsPetar Veic (Corner House, corresponding author), Irena Cajner Mraović (0000-0003-1811-3452)
Year2004
Volume5
Issue2
Pages137-148
Publication date2004-05-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolice Practice and Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1561-4263 • E-ISSN: 1477-271X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/156142604200190289
OpenAlexW2012862443
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited4

The police educational system in Croatia consists of three fundamental components: basic education and training (schooling and retraining of new police officers); professional improvement, specialization, vocational training as the system of permanent lifelong education of police officers which starts with entering the police and ends with retirement; university and college degree. The organizational structure of the Croatian Police Academy reflects this classification so there are three main educational organizational units in the Police Academy: the Police School, the Department for Professional Improvement and Specialization, and the Police College. During recent years, the Croatian Ministry of the Interior has been making significant changes. War and postwar police has been transforming into a new one, which is suitable for a modern democratic world. The war caused great changes in the number and the educational level of police officers so the educational system is one of the main resources of changes and progress. This gives particular meaning to the discussion about reform at the Police Academy and the Police College

Christian ministry · Croatian · Higher education · Lifelong learning · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Retraining · Sociology · Vocational education · Diverse Academic Research Areas · Healthcare, Law, Governance, and Management Studies · Law · Psychology · Public Administration

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