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Inside an African police forcethe Ugandan police examined /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Inside an African police forceby Jude Kagoro.
Reminder of title:	the Ugandan police examined /
Author:	Kagoro, Jude.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2022.
Description:	xxxiii, 164 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Police21st century.Uganda
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14992-4
ISBN:	9783031149924$q(electronic bk.)

Inside an African police forcethe Ugandan police examined /
Kagoro, Jude.

Inside an African police forcethe Ugandan police examined /[electronic resource] :by Jude Kagoro. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2022. - xxxiii, 164 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

Introduction -- 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.

The 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.

ISBN: 9783031149924$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-14992-4doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

937724
Police
--Uganda--21st century.

LC Class. No.: HV8270.7.A3 / K24 2022

Dewey Class. No.: 363.2096761

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