1st Edition
Security in Post-Conflict Africa The Role of Nonstate Policing
Africa and the Post-Conflict Security Environment
Defining Terms
Conceptual Framework and Argument of the Book
The Post-Conflict Environment
Nonstate Policing Explained
Introduction
Characterizing Nonstate Policing
The Reasons for Their Dominance
Changes in the Nonstate Security Sector Since 1990
Conclusion
Policing the City: Neighborhood and Customary Responses
The City Context
The Post-Conflict City
Crime in the City
Living with Crime in the City
Mob Justice
Anticrime Groups
Customary Groups
Discussion
Policing the City: Community Police Forums and Local Government Responses
Introduction
Community Police Forums
Local Government Security Structures
Discussion
Policing the Village
Introduction
The Rural Context
Crime
Customary Structures
Local Government Responses
Rural Community Policing
Restorative Justice Committees and Legal Aid NGOs
Anti-Cattle-Rustling Groups
Discussion
Policing the Workplace
Introduction
Market Traders’ Associations
Drivers’ Associations
Commercial Security Companies
Discussion
Policing Women
Gendered Patterns of Crime
Domestic Violence
Sexual Abuse and Rape
Nonstate Police Responses to Gender Discrimination
Nonstate Police Responses to Domestic Violence
Nonstate Police Responses to Sexual Violence
Discussion
Fitting Nonstate Policing Into Security Reform
Introduction
State Building
Hybrid Governance
Multilayered Policing Governance
The Value of Nonstate Policing to SSR
The Implications of a Multilayered Policing Governance
The Unanswered Questions
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Bruce Baker
