Police and the Policed

Danielle Watson is the coordinator of the Pacific Policing Programme at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji. She specializes in police/civilian relations on the margins with particular interests in hotspot policing, police recruitment and training, and many other areas specific to policing in developing country contexts.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Policing Marginalized Communities in the Global South – Examining Contextual Realities.- 3. Community Profiles – Initial Thoughts on Positioning the Police and the Policed.- 4. Assigning the Brand – Police Labelling and its Impact on Police/Community Relations.- 5. Branding Babylon – How the Policed see the Police.- 6. Police Typecasting and the Power Dichotomy.- 7. Stigmatizing and Stereotyping the Police: Communicative Realities for the Policed.- 8. Negotiating Labels, Stigmas and Stereotypes – Discussions for the Future of Policing.