RT Article
T1 Policing and Religion in Tuvalu: Perspectives on Navigating Tensions Between Multiple Security Actors
JF Journal of contemporary criminal justice
VO 38
IS 3
SP 330
OP 345
A1 Amin, Sara N.
A2 Watson, Danielle
A2 Trussler, Tanya
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/181144699X
AB Although religious institutions are an important agent of non-state policing, especially in the Global South, there is a limited understanding of the relationship between religion and policing. The Pacific presents an ideal context in which to examine the relationship between religious and policing institutions in Christian majority postcolonial societies. Moreover, state and religious institutions in the Pacific Island States are currently being subjected to powerful processes, including economic liberalization, globalization, and localization/indigenization, producing both opportunities but also contestations and conflicts. Using interviews with police officers, religious leaders, and community leaders, this article examines how police officers negotiate the tensions between (secular) state law, indigenous structures of authority, and religious authorities in Tuvalu.
K1 Police-community relations
K1 Tuvalu
K1 Religion
K1 plural policing
DO 10.1177/10439862221096957