독일경찰대학원의 교육과 연구기능 : 독일연방공화국의 경찰행정에 관한 교육 ․ 재교육 ․ 연구의 중심지

Abstract

It is true in our country until now that we have been lacking of analyses on the education and research function of the Post-Graduate School of Germany Police which can be called a mecca of any study on German police. The author attempted to construct foundations for the basic studies for the following studies on the field in the future by carrying out the in-depth analyses on the Post-Graduate School of Germany Police which has carried out roles of a great pioneer as a center of education, re-education and research in the police study which we have little knowledge until now. The Post-Graduate School of Germany Police originally carried out functions for the re-education of high ranking police officers in both the federation of Germany and 16 states under the name of German Police Administrators academy. Then, it changed its official name into the Post-Graduate School of Germany Police in 2005-1006. This post-graduate school is primarily granting a master diploma of administration study to graduates who graduate from the re-education for two years in addition to its existing function in charge of the re-education for high ranking police officers in terms of educational functions. Secondarily, it has finally been positioned as a mecca of police studies in Germany by installing and operating even doctoral degrees. This post-graduate school has completed the re-education and academic degree courses through study techniques among school systems in an effort to increase leaderships for high ranking police officers. Furthermore, this post-graduate school has settled down the education and research functions to develop abilities for the problem-oriented solutions as well. The Post-Graduate School of Germany Police as a mecca of police studies in Germany is developing high ranking police officers with both theories and practices through intensive education in 14 majors in total, including general police study, police administrator study, management and economy, public police management, police organization and personnel management, police traffic study, criminal laws, criminal procedural laws and criminal policies, international laws, European laws, and police laws, in addition to public laws, police strategies and crisis management study, strategies on heavy crimes, police crisis management, criminal studies, and criminal strategies and principles among others. There is one issue that 7 out of 14 major professors for each field came from field specialists (veteran policeman for each field) who have not acquired a doctorate degree but most of them have not written any academic essays, which has been criticized. Above all, this post-graduate school presents many implications in terms of the education and research functions for the institute of police education in our country which has simply focused only on the re-education of police officers – excluding the education and training of executive candidate students – as it simultaneously carries out the education and research function in the re-education of high ranking police officers together with the master and doctorate degree.