Colonial policing and control of movements for independence

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ID12363434
AuthorsRobert T Sigler (corresponding author), David J King (0000-0003-0093-6549)
Year1992
Volume3
Issue1
Pages13-22
Publication date1992-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicing & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1043-9463 • E-ISSN: 1477-2728
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10439463.1992.9964654
OpenAlexW2013535825
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited8

Colonial policing as developed by the British deliberately separated the community policed from its police force. From earliest times, policing in the British system involved the use of strangers to police, separation of the police force from the population, and separation of the officers from the rank and file. The police acted as an instrument of control for the government. The separation of the police from the community created social distance which increased the extent to which the police force could be controlled and the extent to which the police are seen as a visible symbol of government. As a consequence, when the community was dissatisfied with the government, the police were the most immediate target. Government could redirect dissatisfaction from the government to the police as an additional technique of control. An analysis of the emergence of Bermuda as it progresses toward becoming an independent member of the British commonwealth and observations from the Bahamas are used to illustrate this process

Colonialism · Commonwealth · Community policing · Control (management · Criminology · Government (linguistics · Independence (probability theory · Management · Political science · Population · Social control · Sociology · Australian History and Society · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Public Administration

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