‘Without uniform I am a community member, uncle, brother, granddad’: Community policing in Australia’s Torres Strait Region

‘Without uniform I am a community member, uncle, brother, granddad’: Community policing in Australia’s Torres Strait Region

The research demonstrates that decolonisation is a critical starting point for addressing the over representation of Indiginous Australians incarcerated

Zoe Staines, John Scott, & James Morton | Journal of Criminology

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (‘Indigenous’) Australians are the most incarcerated peoples in the world. This article looks at community policing, the development of community-police partnerships as an approach, where lessons learnt from success in the Torres Strait Region could be transferred to programs in other remote Indigenous communities. The research demonstrates that decolonisation is a critical starting point for addressing the over representation of Indiginous Australians incarcerated.

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