“Staka Woman Tumas”
An Examination of Police Perspectives on Gender-Balancing within the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20394141 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Casandra Harry (0000-0002-0542-3278, Institute of Criminology and Public Safety, The University of Trinidad and Tobago, Arima, Trinidad and Tobago, corresponding author), Danielle Watson (0000-0001-5094-5545, Queensland University of Technology) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 454-470 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women & Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0897-4454 • E-ISSN: 1541-0323 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08974454.2022.2071377 |
| OpenAlex | W4280556651 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 29 |
In countries emerging out of conflict, state-building initiatives tend to prioritize gender-balancing. Post-conflict police reform in the Solomon Islands aligned with this set standard, as capacity-building efforts within the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) prioritized the empowerment, inclusion, and promotion of women within the force. Through the use of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) this study investigated, identified, and described common perceptions held by eighteen (18) officers about how they viewed gender reform in the RSIPF. The research found that although officers believed that gender-balancing was necessary, the increased inclusion of women conflicted with their traditional roles and positions and brought several challenges to the effective functioning of the force. It was also revealed that officers were of the view that the organization was not yet ready to fully embrace gender-balancing. The arguments presented herein further build on scholarly discussions about gender equality in policing organizations in small-island developing states in the Pacific
Criminology · Political science · Sociology · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Psychology
On the FrontlinesGender, War, and the Post-Conflict Process
Interpretative phenomenological analysis.
Resource constraint and policy in Liberia’s post‐conflict policing
Women and policing in the South Pacific
Chiefdom Police Training in Sierra Leone (2008–2015)
Mitigating violence by solving the commitment problem in post-conflict negotiations
Peacebuilding, gender and policing in Solomon Islands
Gender, Women and Security Sector Reform
Liberia's Gender-Sensitive Police Reform
Paradoxes of postcolonial police-building
Add women and stir’
Ples Bilong Mere
The internationalization of security sector gender reforms in post-conflict countries
Gender, Representative Bureaucracy, and Law Enforcement
Solomon Islands in Transition
Representing Women
The Global Impact of Quotas
Multi-layered justice and security delivery in post-conflict and fragile states
International Gender Balancing Reforms in Postconflict Countries
Liberal-local peacebuilding in Solomon Islands and Bougainville
Feminisms, Women's Rights, and the UN
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |