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200 10$aInside an African Police Force $eThe Ugandan Police Examined /$fby Jude Kagoro
205   $a1st ed. 2022.
210  1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2022.
215   $a1 online resource  (xxxiii, 164 pages)
311 08$aPrint version: Kagoro, Jude Inside an African Police Force Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031149917 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aIntroduction -- Chapter 1: The History of the Uganda Police Force -- Chapter 2: Administration, Command and Operational Structures -- Chapter 3: Political Policing -- Chapter 4: Criminal Investigations Department: Official vs Practical Norms -- Chapter 5: The Traffic Police: ?Devils in White? -- Chapter 6: The Life of a Territorial Police Commander: A Focus on DPCs and RPCs -- Chapter 7: The Police in Rural Areas -- Chapter 8: The Power Game: Organizational Politics and Intrigue -- Conclusion.
330   $aThe book discusses police practices in Uganda, which are understood as fluid and reflective of the socio-political, cognitive and discursive contexts within which the Uganda Police Force (UPF) exist. The author was immersed in the UPF both as an ethnographer and a consultant. The book demonstrates how police officers navigate clashes between personal interests and those of the UPF shedding more light on the divergences and convergences between policies in theory and policies in practice. It contributes to the literature on police research, especially to our understanding of policing and the anthropology of the state in Africa. It highlights that the Ugandan police engages in political policing and its role is stretched beyond its legal mandate. The target audience is twofold: first, academics interested in police studies and the undercurrents of interface bureaucracies in Africa. Second, practitioners focused on improving state and police services in African contexts.
606   $aCriminology
606   $aCrime$xSociological aspects
606   $aCrime Control and Security
606   $aCrime and Society
615  0$aCriminology.
615  0$aCrime$xSociological aspects.
615 14$aCrime Control and Security.
615 24$aCrime and Society.
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