Development and reform of police training and education in Taiwan |
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| Authors: | Liqun Cao Lanying Huang Ivan Sun |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON, Canada;2. School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;3. Graduate School of Criminology, National Taipei University, Sanxia, Taiwan, Republic of China;4. Department of Sociology &5. Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA |
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| Abstract: | This article describes the development of training and educating police officers in Taiwan. The current system, which has largely survived the democratic transition between 1986 and 2000, is unique. It is a two-track system in which Taiwan Police College (TPC) is responsible for training low ranking police personnel, whereas Central Police University (CPU) is responsible for educating police management personnel. Currently, the presidents of CPU are no longer chosen from the military, but their backgrounds require experiences as police officers. The Examination Yuan opens up the new route into TPC and CPU through competitive national civil examinations. Echoing the outcry for reform within Taiwan and abroad, we advocate to liberate new cadets from the closed system so that they can learn together with other non-police students and to add more social science materials into the police education curriculum. |
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| Keywords: | Police recruitment police training and education post-Confucian society Taiwan |
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