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Author: Baker, Bruce

Title: Supporting Local Forms of Policing and Justice: Lessons from Africa and The Pacific

Summary: The trend towards the pluralisation of policing concedes that state police no longer (nor should have) the monopoly in law enforcement, and that local institutions legitimately have a frontline role in the provision of security and policing services for citizens. In developed countries like Australia debate about plural policing is linked to outsourcing of policing responsibilities to the private security and corporate sectors. In Africa and the Pacific, as Baker points out, plural policing is not always a strategic policy decision to outsource policing and security, but rather is simply a reflection of local community initiative, borne of the limited capabilities of a poor and weak state. Localism, as the paper points out, brings many advantages including its complementarity with customary forms of justice and peace-building. It also has vulnerabilities (in common with public policing) to abuses of power and human rights violations. The paper applies a ‘lessons to be learnt’ format, through liberal use of boxed case-studies, with explicit articulation of the implications for international policing missions, as well as the priorities for AUSAID support for justice and law enforcement in the Pacific region.

Details: Nathan, Qld: ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security, 2010. 10p.

Source: Internet Resource: Briefing Paper: Accessed July 20, 2011 at: http://www.ceps.edu.au/files/file/Bruce%20Baker%20FINAL1_.pdf

Year: 2010

Country: International

URL: http://www.ceps.edu.au/files/file/Bruce%20Baker%20FINAL1_.pdf

Shelf Number: 122120

Keywords:
Local Policing
Plural Policing
Police Reform
Policing
Private Security
Privatization