Preventing police corruption in Singapore : the role of recruitment, training and socialisation
By: QUAH, Jon S T
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ArticlePublisher: Hong Kong : Department of Politics and Public Administration University of Hong Kong, June 2006The Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration 28, 1, p. 59-75Abstract: Police corruption is a serious problem in many Asian countries. However, Singapore's case shows that it is possible to prevent and control police corruption if there is the political will to do so. After analysing various forms of police corruption, this article recognises that police corruption was rampant in Singapore during the British colonial period, but that since then, through the commitment of the People's Action Party goverment to curbing corruption in the country, the Singapore Police Force has succeeded in preventing and conditions, its recruitment and selection procedures, its training programmes, and the socialisation of its members
Police corruption is a serious problem in many Asian countries. However, Singapore's case shows that it is possible to prevent and control police corruption if there is the political will to do so. After analysing various forms of police corruption, this article recognises that police corruption was rampant in Singapore during the British colonial period, but that since then, through the commitment of the People's Action Party goverment to curbing corruption in the country, the Singapore Police Force has succeeded in preventing and conditions, its recruitment and selection procedures, its training programmes, and the socialisation of its members
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