Citation

Kagoro J. J. Interv. Statebuilding 2019; 13(1): 41-56.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/17502977.2018.1501982

PMID

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Abstract

For decades, Uganda has received substantial support from development partners to implement Security Sector Reforms (SSR). Using the crime preventers' scheme that has been implemented by Uganda Police as an element of community policing, I argue that SSR achievements in the country seem unclear and limited. Based on an ethnographic study I illustrate that the widespread crime preventers' scheme has had contrasting effects on the Ugandan security architecture. The scheme seems to have reduced the police-citizens social distance and augmented police presence while simultaneously cased operational excesses and is routinely used in regime security strategies. To provide a better conceptualization I ask and answer a number of questions; how and why has the crime preventers' scheme been initiated? How is the scheme related to community policing as we know it? What is the political role of the crime preventers? What motivates people to become active members of the crime preventers' scheme? How does the scheme empirically operate?

Language: en

Keywords

community policing; crime preventers; regime security; SSR; Uganda police force