Training and Education of Detectives
Training and Education of Detectives

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Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the issue of training and education of detectives as one of the prerequisitesfor high-quality and efficient performance of detective work. It is considered that thetraining should be, to the greatest extent possible, adapted to specific jobs and areas of detectivework. Also, training should be part of the overall process of integrating detectives into the securitysystem, that is, the private security sector. The concepts of detective training differ from countryto country in terms of the content and structure of the program, duration, organization of implementationor non-implementation, which all together makes it very difficult to compare theresults. There is no absolute standardization in this area, as well as relevant research on this topicand related areas. In this regard, the authors emphasize that detective training is an insufficientlyresearched issue that should be given much more attention. For the purposes of this paper, acomparative legal analysis of the legal regulations and by-laws that treat the models of detectivetraining in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the surrounding countries – the Republic of Serbia, Montenegroand the Republic of Croatia – was performed. Based on the analysis, it can be concludedthat different systems of training and education of candidates are in force, from the classic modelwhere the curriculum is implemented according to the subject-modular concept, to mentoringwork and internship practice. The aim of this work is to encourage a more comprehensive studyof the training and education of detectives and to propose more adequate models suitable for thecurrent time and the detective field of work.

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