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7 - Community Policing After the Uprisings

Refugees and Representatives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2022

Jessica Watkins
Affiliation:
London School of Economics and Political Science
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Post-2011, in the aftermath of the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan, the promotion of community policing has received notable support from Jordan’s Western allies, and a successful initiative piloted in refugee camps to improve liaison between the police and residents was subsequently expanded to the wider host community. But community policing is an amorphous concept that has varied interpretations in different societies depending on the nature of the prevailing social order. This chapter explores some of the shifting understandings of community policing within the Public Security Directorate, which blend perceptions of Jordan’s tribal identity, with its reputation for low crime rates and a small population, and the notion of civic duty within an increasingly neoliberal society. The latter idea of civic duty, which in what is ultimately an illiberal authoritarian context, restricts the degree to which genuine police–public partnerships are possible in Jordan.

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Creating Consent in an Illiberal Order
Policing Disputes in Jordan
, pp. 175 - 198
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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