Police and the Policed Language and Power Relations on the Margins of the Global South

Police and the Policed Language and Power Relations on the Margins of the Global South / by Danielle Watson.

This book examines communication between police and residents of a designated crime ‘hotspot’ community in the Global South. It looks at communicative realities within a marginalised community in the twin island republic of Trinidad and Tobago and explores how police and the individuals that they po...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Watson, Danielle (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Police.
Crime—Sociological aspects.
Crime prevention.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Sociolinguistics.
Victimology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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