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Reinventing Liberia’s Security Sector: Perceptions and Lessons for Future Reform

This presentation at the Liberian Studies Association Conference explores the evolving perceptions of security among Liberians. Utilizing a combination of surveys, focus group discussions, and interviews, the study examines how 700 respondents across urban areas perceive their safety today, identify relevant security actors, and recognize changes in security perceptions over time. The findings highlight significant insights into local attitudes towards security and the implications for effective security sector reform in Liberia's future.

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Reinventing Liberia’s Security Sector: Perceptions and Lessons for Future Reform

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  1. Liberia: Performing the Symbols of the Past,Reinventing the Symbols of the FutureLiberian Studies Association Conference, Indiana University, 23-25.03.07 Reinventing the Security Sector in Liberia: Lessons Learnt from Public Perceptions Judy Smith-Höhn

  2. Outline • Methodology • Presentation of selected results • Conclusion: relevance of local perceptions for security sector reform

  3. 1. Methodology Three methods: • Survey poll of 700 Respondents in the 3 urban areas of Monrovia, Tubmanburg and Buchanan • 4 focus group discussions of 6-8 persons • Approx. 30 semi-standardised interviews with elites and local as well as international experts

  4. 2. Results Three guiding questions: • How do Liberians perceive security today, • who do Liberians consider to be relevant security actors, and • how have security perceptions changed over time?

  5. Perceptions of security today Table 1: Perceptions of general and personal security in Liberia today

  6. Table 2: Which group is the most important one for your personal safety? N: 698

  7. Table 3: Rating of security actors in urban Liberia today N = 698 (out of total sample of 700); % of ‘Don’t know’ and ‘no answer’ responses not shown

  8. Diagram 1: Mapping of Security Arena in Liberia today

  9. Changing perceptions of security over time Table 4: Perceptions of changes in national and personal security

  10. Vigilante Poro/Sandee MODEL LURD GOL/militia ATU SOD disputed Legend: positive --- --- negative --- cooperation rivalry Diagram 2: Mapping of Security Arena in 2003 Before:

  11. Diagram 1: Mapping of Security Arena in Liberia today After:

  12. 3. Conclusion Past Future ?

  13. Thank you!

  14. Any questions?

  15. Additional slidePerceptions of security - Liberia and Sierra Leone compared Liberia N = 698; Sierra Leone N=702

  16. Additional slideTable: Which group do you feel is the biggest threat to you personally?

  17. Additional slide: Focus groups in Sierra Leone Mapping the security arena in SL today (market women)

  18. Additional slide: Focus groups in Sierra Leone Mapping the security arena in SL 3 years ago

  19. Additional slide: Focus groups in Sierra Leone Mapping the security arena in SL 5 years ago

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