Strangers in a strange land

Police perceptions of working in discrete Indigenous communities in Queensland, Australia

This paper examines the perceptions of police who work in Queensland’s discrete Indigenous communities. Given the strong relationship between policing practices and the environments in which police work, we examine how ‘place’ and ‘space’ – particularly the environmental context of Queensland’s discrete Indigenous communities – can inform policing. 

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Dwyer, A., Scott, J., & Staines, Z. (2021). Strangers in a strange land: Police perceptions of working in discrete Indigenous communities in Queensland, Australia. Police practice and research, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15614263.2020.1759058.

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