Policing “suspect communities”: evidence from the Police Gazette of Western Australia

Policing “suspect communities”: evidence from the Police Gazette of Western Australia

While scholars have recognised the postcolonial legacies of targeted policing practices in Australia, there has been more limited engagement with how this type of policing actually operated in historical context. By examining evidence from the Police Gazette of Western Australia (1876-1908), this ar...

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প্রধান লেখক: Bland, Eleanor
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প্রকাশিত: Crime, Histoire & Sociétés 2024
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:chs_3549 en https://journals.openedition.org/chs/3549 2024-09-10T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/12a7j https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Policing “suspect communities”: evidence from the Police Gazette of Western Australia Crime, Histoire & Sociétés Librairie Droz info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1663-4837 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1422-0857 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/chs Bland, Eleanor While scholars have recognised the postcolonial legacies of targeted policing practices in Australia, there has been more limited engagement with how this type of policing actually operated in historical context. By examining evidence from the Police Gazette of Western Australia (1876-1908), this article suggests that policing in this period was concerned with exercising power over targeted communities and groups. Policing was often directed towards three “suspect communities”: convicts and former convicts, Indigenous Australians and non-European immigrants. This policing had both immediate and longer-term impacts for individuals and communities, and the impacts have been transmitted through generations and collective memories to the present day. The targeting practices highlighted here are foundational to the institution of modern policing in Australia and need to be fully understood to begin to unpick deep-rooted police stereotyping practices. Si les chercheurs ont reconnu l’héritage postcolonial des pratiques policières ciblées en Australie, ils se sont peu intéressés à la manière dont ce type de maintien de l’ordre fonctionnait dans un contexte historique. En examinant les données de la Police Gazette of Western Australia (1876-1908), il apparait clairement que le maintien de l’ordre à cette époque visait des communautés et des groupes ciblés. Le travail de contrôle de la police s’est focalisé le plus souvent sur trois « communautés » : les bagnards et anciens bagnards, les Australiens indigènes et les immigrés non européens. Ces mesures spécifiques ont eu des conséquences directes sur ces individus et communautés, mais aussi à long terme, génération après génération, et qui nous parviennent aujourd’hui au travers des mémoires collectives. Les pratiques de ciblage mises en évidence dans cet article sont à la base de l’institution de la police moderne en Australie et doivent être pleinement comprises pour commencer à démanteler des pratiques policières profondément enracinées et discriminatoires.
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description While scholars have recognised the postcolonial legacies of targeted policing practices in Australia, there has been more limited engagement with how this type of policing actually operated in historical context. By examining evidence from the Police Gazette of Western Australia (1876-1908), this article suggests that policing in this period was concerned with exercising power over targeted communities and groups. Policing was often directed towards three “suspect communities”: convicts and former convicts, Indigenous Australians and non-European immigrants. This policing had both immediate and longer-term impacts for individuals and communities, and the impacts have been transmitted through generations and collective memories to the present day. The targeting practices highlighted here are foundational to the institution of modern policing in Australia and need to be fully understood to begin to unpick deep-rooted police stereotyping practices.
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