Abstract
This is a study of how vacuums in state services attract alternative
providers. Christian churches in Kachin state engage in police work to
tackle drug markets in response to heavy participation of state police in
those markets and limited police interest in regulating them. Churches
aim to induce democratisation of the police and responsiveness of the
police to the rule of law. They have arrested police and helped catalyse
many dozens of prosecutions of police for drug offences or drug-related
corruption in Kachin state. Baptist police in the Golden Triangle use
nonviolent swarming as an alternative to carrying arms when arresting
heavily armed drug kingpins, police and military, and when seizing drugs.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-16 |
Journal | Policing and Society: an international journal of research & policy |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |