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Title:Beyond the tarmac road: local forms of policing in Sierra Leone & Rwanda
Author:Baker, BruceISNI
Year:2008
Periodical:Review of African Political Economy
Volume:35
Issue:118
Pages:555-570
Language:English
Geographic terms:Rwanda
Sierra Leone
Subjects:police
crime prevention
External link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03056240802569235
Abstract:Civil war deeply disrupted policing in Sierra Leone and Rwanda, leaving their State police forces inadequate in numbers, skills and resources to serve all citizens. In this security vacuum local forms of policing play an important role. This article argues that the country-specific pattern of local forms of policing depends on three factors: the nature of the conflict and peace settlement; the regime ideology; and the level of regime insecurity and fear of conflict recurring. The empirical data concerning the local policing groups is presented under three headings: crime prevention and intervention; investigation and resolution; and punishment. The article concludes with an assessment of the hazards and potential for States and donors supporting such groups. They are certainly flawed agencies in the eyes of both users and government, but in a context of less than fair and accountable State policing, their widespread provision and support is not to be dismissed lightly. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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