Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 09/2008

Crime, Poverty and Police Corruption in Non-Rich Countries

Jens Chr Andvig, Odd Helge Fjeldstad

July 2008

Norwegian Institute of International Affairs

Abstract

The paper examines (i) how and why corruption may arise in the daily routines of the police and whether it may have impacts on crime rates; (ii) empirical indications of whether the police may be more corrupt than other groups of public officials; (iii) how and why police corruption may vary across countries; and (iv) the wider impacts of police corruption on development.