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Training Police Liaison Officers in Zimbabwe
Author(s) -
Muzenda Eunice
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1111/j.0814-723x.1999.00133.x
Subject(s) - independence (probability theory) , project commissioning , training (meteorology) , work (physics) , publishing , political science , public relations , order (exchange) , criminology , sociology , psychology , management , law , engineering , geography , business , mechanical engineering , statistics , mathematics , finance , meteorology , economics
Before independence, the Zimbabwe Republic police force worked in a Law and Order approach. After independence, policing was to involve popular participation. Community Relations Liaison Officers were trained in systemic counselling skills to equip them for the work. Case vignettes show both the challenges and police response.