Anja Johansen
Dr. Anja Johansen has a long track-record of comparative historical research on police-public relations, police accountability, and citizens’ complaints in nineteenth-century Britain, France, and Germany. She is particularly interested in patterns of long-term continuity and change in police complaints procedures from the 19th to the 21st century, and the impact – or lack of impact – of public outcry over police malpractice on the handling of police and the empowerment of complainants. In a broader perspective, her research compares police accountability within dissimilar political regimes, particularly whether and how democratisation has impacted on police accountability and transparency to the public.
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