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Title:Towards a contextualisation of policing in colonial Kenya
Author:Waller, RichardISNI
Year:2010
Periodical:Journal of Eastern African Studies (ISSN 1753-1063)
Volume:4
Issue:3
Pages:525-541
Language:English
Geographic term:Kenya
Subjects:police
colonial history
External link:https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2010.517421
Abstract:This paper looks at the social and legal context of policing in colonial Kenya before 1950, drawing on a range of archival sources in Britain and Kenya. It considers the methods of policing, its objectives, the difficulties it encountered and the social and political terrain on which it operated, a conflicted terrain shaped by geography, race and the existence of other sources of authority and control. Kenya can be divided into a number of zones of policing, from areas that were fairly closely policed, in which there was an increasing expectation that crime would be detected and punished, to areas where the police could do little more than attempt to keep the peace between local communities, all of which had strong traditions of self-help and no confidence in or wish for external intervention. Until 1920, the Kenya Police had a very uneven reputation, but, during the inter-war years, the force grew in numbers and effectiveness. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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