Policing multicultural states: lessons from the Canadian model

Ben‐Porat, Guy

doi:10.1080/10439460802094686

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“…Unattended to, it creates a situation characterized by social disorganization and latent ethnic animosities. Facing the increased influx of visibly different ethnic groups into Canada, policing reform has been undertaken to improve the police's credibility and legitimacy among visible minorities (Ben-Porat 2008). While many Western democratic states debate their multicultural character and implement multicultural policies, Canada is unique in having formally adopted a multicultural identity, which has been translated into policy and provides Canada with comprehensive policy experience in relation to various issues, including policing.…”

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Visible Minorities and Confidence in the Police

Cao

2011

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice

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Il existe peu d'études sur la perception publique différentielle de la force policière au Canada. En se basant sur l'Enquête sociale générale de 2004 au Canada, on examine dans l'article l'impact de l'appartenance à une minorité visible sur la confiance des citoyens dans la force policière. En harmonie avec les prédictions théoriques, les résultats d'analyses multidimensionnelles montrent que le niveau de confiance des membres des minorités visibles était inférieur à celui des non-membres même après le contrôle des variables liées aux effets de perceptions, aux contextes communautaires et à la criminalité. Cet effet minime, mais constant, des minorités visibles soulève des questions sur les relations raciales au Canada. D'autres facteurs importants et intéressants qui contribuent à prévoir la confiance accordée à la force policière sont le contexte communautaire, les perceptions et les expériences liées à la criminalité. Les résultats indiquent que tout le monde n'a pas la même confiance dans les forces policières; des mesures de réforme sont nécessaires pour que les forces policières arrivent à gagner le coeur et la confiance des minorités visibles au Canada.Mots clés : confiance dans la force policière, minorités visibles, relations raciales au Canada Few studies have been conducted about differential public perceptions of the police in Canada. Based on the 2004 General Social Survey of Canada, this article examines the impact of belonging to the category visible minorities on citizens' confidence in the police. Consistent with the theoretical prediction, results of multivariate analyses show that members of visible minorities had lower levels of confidence than non-members of visible minorities, even after the effects of perceptions, community contexts, and crime-related variables were controlled for. The small but persistent effect of visible minorities raises questions about race relations in Canada. Other interesting significant predictors of confidence in the police are community context, perceptions, and crime experiences. The findings indicate that equal racial confidence in the police is yet to be achieved and continued reform measures are needed if the police force is to win the hearts and minds of visible minorities in Canada.Keywords: confidence in the police, visible minorities, racial relations in Canada 6 2011 CJCCJ/RCCJP

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Visible Minorities and Confidence in the Police

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2011

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice

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“…The issues faced by CALD groups are portrayed as "diverse and complex, including lack of employment, discrimination, prejudice, social isolation and disenfranchisement, lack of understanding of Australian laws and justice system" (Bartels, 2011, p. 2; see also Crawford, 2013;Queensland Government, 2010). While we do not deny the existence of the so-called 'needs' of CALD groups, our contention is against the tendency to frame them as emanating from having diverse (read as 'problematic') cultures and limited proficiency in speaking, reading and writing the English language (Ben-Porat, 2008;Crawford, 2013). We argue that the emphasis on culture and language provides a conceptual excuse for the depreciatory depiction of CALD groups as (1) 'deviants' -i.e.…”

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The ‘Culturally and Linguistically Diverse’ (CALD) label: A critique using African migrants as exemplar

Adusei‐Asante¹,

Adibi²

2018

ARAS

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“…Ethnic matchmaking can be described as a symbolic positioning with the purpose of increasing confidence in the police and policing. Police organisations emphasise that diversity in the police force will make the police an attractive occupation and help to reduce suspicion towards it (Ben-Porat, 2008;National Police Board, 2010a). Recruitment of minorities is also considered to reduce the problem of under-policing in areas where people feel culturally and linguistically alienated from the police (Ben-Porat, 2008).…”

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“…Police organisations emphasise that diversity in the police force will make the police an attractive occupation and help to reduce suspicion towards it (Ben-Porat, 2008;National Police Board, 2010a). Recruitment of minorities is also considered to reduce the problem of under-policing in areas where people feel culturally and linguistically alienated from the police (Ben-Porat, 2008). Diversity within the police is important on a symbolic level, but this does not necessarily mean that minority populations feel the need to be assigned police officers with the same ethnic background.…”

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Marginalised voices in the inclusive recruitment discourse: a dilemma of inclusion/exclusion in the (Swedish) police

Wieslander

2018

RELA

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Recruitment for diversity is part of a range of proactive strategies for overcoming occupational stereotyping in a number of professions, as well as addressing a history of discrimination against women and minority groups. One such campaign launched by the Swedish police involves 'inclusive recruitment'. By analysing the discourse of inclusive recruitment and its subject positions in police student talk, this article shows how borders between people who are assigned different social categories are constructed, challenged and reinforced. Positive intentions in agendas towards diversity are problematised when minorities are ascribed as admitted on quotation, which places them in a subordinate and 'risky position' within an occupation and on less legitimate premises. A dilemma emerges between a call to represent minority groups and the risk of categorising them as 'others'. In particular, voices of resistance from ethnic minority police women show how practices of exclusion could jeopardise efforts to achieve inclusion.

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Policing multicultural states: lessons from the Canadian model

Cited by 43 publications

References 11 publications

Visible Minorities and Confidence in the Police

Visible Minorities and Confidence in the Police

The ‘Culturally and Linguistically Diverse’ (CALD) label: A critique using African migrants as exemplar

Marginalised voices in the inclusive recruitment discourse: a dilemma of inclusion/exclusion in the (Swedish) police

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