Fighting Serious Crimes
Strategies and Tactics for Conflict-Affected Societies
by Colette Rausch, Vivienne O’Connor, Andrew Mackay, Deborah Isser, Elaine Banar, Michael Hartmann, Thomas Stevenson, Adalbert Gross, David Ralston
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Serious crimes—such as violent extremism, political violence, organized crime, and corruption—fuel violent conflict and thwart peacebuilding efforts. Fragile states with weak institutions and governance are unable to stem the tide of threats that serious crimes pose to peace. The consequences are all too evident across the globe: coun-tries engulfed in political turmoil, conflicts that spiral into devastating wars, and tides of refugees fleeing instability and violence.
Fighting Serious Crimes: Strategies and Tactics for Conflict-Affected Societies is an invaluable resource for anyone battling serious crimes in societies seeking to avoid conflict, to escape from violence, or to recover and rebuild. Packed with practical guidance, this volume includes real-world examples from more than twenty of today’s conflict zones, including Libya, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, and Colombia. All the major challenges are covered, from initial assessment to legal and institutional reform, investigation to prosecution, criminal intelligence to witness protection, the use of international tribunals to the role of international military forces. The volume draws on the firsthand experience of dozens of practitioners, distilling what they have learned into clearly organized and highly readable text that is supplemented by check-lists and sidebars that help readers conduct assessments, identify international and regional legal instruments (such as treaties), and complete a host of other key tasks.
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Author Biography
COLETTE RAUSCH is the associate vice president for global practice and innova-
tion at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). She leads the development of new approaches, research, learning, and tools in the areas of promoting justice, security, and rule of law; countering violent extremism; and strengthening inclusive societies. She has directed or participated in missions and projects in Afghanistan, Myanmar (Burma), Guatemala, Iraq, Kosovo, Liberia, Libya, Nepal, Nicaragua, Peru, Senegal, and Yemen. Before joining USIP, she worked at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Mission in Kosovo, serving first as head of the Rule of Law Division and then as director of the Department of Human Rights and Rule of Law. She was previously a prosecutor with the U.S. Justice Department and a federal public defender.
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United States Institute of Peace
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- Publisher United States Institute of Peace
- Publication Date May 2017
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781601276292
- Publication Country or regionUnited States
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 24.99 USD
- Pages428
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusUnpublished
- Edition2nd edition
- Copyright Year2017
- Dimensions6 x 9 inches
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