Policing settler colonial societies

Porter, Amanda; Cunneen, Chris

doi:10.4324/9781003028918-29

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“…This is why short-term, diversionary programs that do not provide, for example, housing, disability or drug and alcohol support for those who need them cannot create genuine pathways out of criminal legal systems for the majority of people who end up in custody; there are no structural arrangements to ensure these are accessible (Sotiri et al 2021). Individualising and isolating the factors contributing to the offending and incarceration of Indigenous peoples is deeply problematic, given the devastating impacts of dispossession, assimilationist policies and institutional racism (Porter and Cunneen 2021). While the SDJ (individual and structural) remain unaddressed for those experiencing multiple and compounding determinants, individual programs and interventions will not reduce incarceration rates.…”

Section: Discussion: Addressing the Social Determinants Of Incarcerationmentioning

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Who does Australia Lock Up? The Social Determinants of Justice

McCausland

Baldry

2023

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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Crime rates are generally decreasing and governments in Australia (as elsewhere) have committed to reducing recidivism. However, incarceration rates of certain groups continue to rise, including Indigenous and racialised peoples, those experiencing poverty, mental health issues, addiction, homelessness and people with cognitive disability. A large proportion are in custody for minor offences and/or not yet sentenced; however, political leaders have continued to defend their detention on the grounds of risk to community safety. The sudden drop in people incarcerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, without a commensurate rise in crime rates, highlighted the degree to which incarceration rates are a matter of policy decisions. For a time, public health priorities dominated criminal legal policies. Evidence on the social determinants of health that people experiencing social, economic, political and environmental disadvantage are more likely to experience poorer health outcomes has led to acceptance globally that public health policies must address systemic factors and not just focus on individual behaviour. In this article, we propose that a conceptual framework of the social determinants of justice could valuably inform efforts to reduce the criminalisation and incarceration of targeted and disadvantaged groups.

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Section: Discussion: Addressing the Social Determinants Of Incarcerationmentioning

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Who does Australia Lock Up? The Social Determinants of Justice

McCausland

Baldry

2023

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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“…This history has led an enduring lack of trust in police among Indigenous communities. It has also led to concerns that this colonial legacy is still evident in contemporary Australian society, manifesting in the over-policing of Indigenous Australians, and a commensurate lack of protection afforded to these communities (Porter & Cunneen, 2020). Longstanding concerns about deaths of Indigenous Australians in police custody, which have exemplified both brutality towards, and malign neglect of, Indigenous people in police custody, have been the focus of recent activism to improve police treatment of Indigenous people.…”

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“…The earliest manifestations of policing in colonial Australia were militaristic and brutal in nature (Thorpe, 1987; Wilson, 2008). Colonial police were involved in the removal of the Indigenous people from their land to enable the expansion of colonial settlements, and this led to widespread incidents of police brutality, targeted killing and genocidal acts against First Nations Australians (Porter & Cunneen, 2020; Thorpe, 1987). In the post-colonial period that followed, police were the enforcers and the public face of much of the harmful and racist policies that regulated the daily lives of Indigenous Australians (Porter & Cunneen, 2020; Shepherd, 2014).…”

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The Influence of Guardian and Warrior Police Orientations on Australian Officers’ Use of Force Attitudes and Tactical Decision-Making

2023

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Concerns about excessive use of force by U.S. police have led to calls for agencies to move from ‘warrior’ to ‘guardian’ policing. ‘Warrior’ policing embodies an aggressive or coercive approach to law enforcement, while ‘guardian’ policing prioritises communication, procedural justice and citizen safety. Associations between guardian and warrior policing orientations and use of force attitudes in the U.S. have been found, however the influence of these orientations on police use of force in Australia has not been examined. This study examined the association of guardian and warrior policing orientations with use of force attitudes, threat perceptions and tactical decision-making among Australian officers, through a survey of 183 police officers in Queensland. Regression analyses indicated that warrior policing was associated with greater support for use of force and greater perceived threat in an ambiguous threat scenario, while guardian policing was associated with more restraint in tactical decision-making among Australian police officers.

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“…In the early days of settler colonisation, policing played a key role in the control and genocide of Indigenous people, and has shaped present-day relations (Asquith and Bartkowiak-Théron 2021;Owen 2016). The colonial context continues to shape policing and the defining features of genocide and structural racism remain; continued harm and overpolicing proliferate (Porter and Cunneen 2021). Given this, police presence is often not welcomed in discrete Indigenous communities, 3 and police are often seen as symbols of white authority and oppression (Dwyer et al 2021;Whellum et al 2020).…”

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Australian police perceptions of women’s police stations

Rodgers

Carrington

Ryan

2022

Police Practice and Research

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Women's police stations that are designed to receive victims of gender-based violence first emerged in Latin America in the 1980s. In Argentina, these stations have unique aspects like multidisciplinary staffing that could guide responses elsewhere. Police responses to domestic and family violence (DFV) in Australia have continually failed victims and require much improvement. Responses combining police and other services are not completely alien to Australia, and are not too dissimilar from women's police stations. We undertook a survey of Australian police (n=78) to assess which aspects of Argentina's stations could inform new approaches to DFV policing. Our survey finds that Australian police support some aspects of this approach to policing DFV, such as multidisciplinary stations (74%). There was significantly less support for stations staffed predominantly by women (19%). Combined with review of evaluations of Australian co-locational responses, research implications for practice suggest a broader trial of co-locational responses in Australia.

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Policing settler colonial societies

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Who does Australia Lock Up? The Social Determinants of Justice

Who does Australia Lock Up? The Social Determinants of Justice

The Influence of Guardian and Warrior Police Orientations on Australian Officers’ Use of Force Attitudes and Tactical Decision-Making

Australian police perceptions of women’s police stations

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