Policing in the Pacific Islands (Palgrave's Critical Policing Studies)

✍ Scribed by Danielle Watson, Loene Howes, Sinclair Dinnen, Melissa Bull, Sara N. Amin

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 208
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This open access book brings together insights into Pacific policing, conceptualising policing broadly as order maintenance involving the actions of multiple local, regional and international actors with sometimes competing and conflicting agendas. A complex and multifaceted endeavour, scholarship on this topic is relatively scarce and widely dispersed across diverse sources. It examines how Pacific policing is shaped by changing state-society relations in different national contexts and ongoing processes of globalisation. Particular attention is given to the plural character of Pacific policing, profound challenges of gender equity, changing dynamics of crime, and the prominence of transnational policing in resource and capacity constrained domestic environments. The authors draw on examples from across the Pacific islands to provide a nuanced and contextualised account of policing in this socially diverse and rapidly transforming region.

✦ Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Authors
Acronyms
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction to Policing in the Pacific
Background
Chapter Organisation
References
2 Context-Specific Issues and Challenges of Policing in the Pacific
Introduction
Pacific Policing Historical Insights
Colonial Policing
Colonisation and Policing
From Independence to Modern-Day Policing
Key Challenges for Policing in the Pacific
Organisational Shifts
Policing Large and Fragmented Jurisdictions
Foreign-Funded Local Police
Capacity Growth and Development
Conclusion
References
3 Trends in and Social Dynamics of Crime in the Pacific
Introduction
Data on Crime in the Pacific
Overview of Trends in and Social Dynamics of Crime in the Pacific
Non-Violent Crime
Property Crime
Substance-Abuse-Related Crime
Violent Crime/Crimes Against the Person
Homicide
Youth Violence and Violence Against Children
Gender-Based Violence
Organised and Transnational Crime
Drug Trafficking
Human Trafficking
Firearms Trafficking
Extractive Industries, Corruption, and the Politics–Crime Nexus
Cybercrime
State Crimes: Excessive Use of Force by Police
Conclusion
References
4 Plural Policing in the Pacific
Introduction
Colonial Administration and the Pluralisation of Policing in Melanesia
Decolonisation and the Centralisation of Policing
Contemporary Dimensions of Plural Policing: Public Policing (Policing Through the State)
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
Transnational Policing (Policing Above the State)
Private Policing (Policing Beyond the State)
Locally Driven Policing (Policing Beneath the State)
Conclusion
References
5 The International Policing Agenda in the Pacific
Introduction
Historical Development of International Policing
Examples of International Policing in the Pacific
Peace Operations and Stabilisation Missions
Peace Operations in Solomon Islands—RAMSI
Long-Term Police Capacity Development Projects
The Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands
The Enhanced Cooperation Program
Recent Capacity Development Programs
Discrete Police Capacity Development Initiatives
Cross-Border Cooperation
Post-Disaster Assistance
Conclusion
References
6 Women and the Institution of Policing in the Pacific
Introduction
The Social Context
Proportions of Women in Policing in Pacific Island Countries
International, Regional, and National Frameworks for Women in Policing
International Frameworks
Regional Agreements and Accords
National Plans and Strategies
Environmental Factors Influencing Increased Focus on Women in Pacific Policing
Regional Instability
Gender-Based Violence
Conclusion
References
7 Conclusion
References
Index