Night patrols
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Title
Crossroads of Rural Crime
Publisher
Emerald
Editor(s)
Harkness, A., and White, R.
School
School of Arts and Humanities
RAS ID
32977
Abstract
On one level, motor vehicles might represent the possibility of unfettered freedom, escape (from government authority) and autonomy through providing work and leisure opportunities. On another level, in remote places, ‘hybridised’ and ‘Indigenised’ vehicles have been appropriated to speak to economic and cultural realities of everyday life. This chapter considers how night patrols may articulate expressions of decoloniality by enhancing Aboriginal social capital or what we refer to here as ‘collective efficacy’. It draws upon a subset of the findings from an evaluation of Indigenous Youth Programs in New South Wales to examine the effectiveness of night patrols operating in nine communities across the state. While the patrols were universally endorsed by the communities they served, some services were functioning at a high level while others had experienced periods of dysfunction and inactivity. The factors that impede effective service provision for night patrols in some communities were compared with other communities where services were functioning well. The chapter argues that night patrols can build and harness collective efficacy providing more than mere community policing functions.
DOI
10.1108/978-1-80043-644-220211004
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Comments
Scott, J., Sims, M., Cooper, T., & Barclay, E. (2021). Night patrols. In A. Harkness and R.White (Eds.),Crossroads of rural crime. (pp. 45-60). Emerald.
https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-644-220211004