Knowledge about policing has been produced and disseminated unevenly so that our understanding comes from a skewed emphasis on the Anglo-American experience. Drawing on an original and comprehensive study of policing in Vietnam and engaging a Southern Criminological framework, this book explores police cultures and practices in a postcolonial, post-Confucian, transitioning economy.
Identifying both similarities and differences in policing and police culture in Vietnam with those found in the dominant literature from the Global North, Policing in a Changing Vietnam challenges assumptions that police are (purportedly) apolitical, averse to tertiary education and defer to legalistic approaches to policing and law enforcement. It highlights that the variations identified in policing in Vietnam must be understood, not as deviations from Anglo-American normality, but as significant separate practices and traditions of policing from which the Global North may have something to learn. Contributing to ongoing debates on police culture and socialisation, this book explores the assumptions about relationships between the police, political systems, broad societal cultures, legal frameworks, organisations, communities and gender.
An accessible and compelling read, this book will appeal to students and scholars of criminology, policing, gender studies, sociology, politics, law and all those who are interested in understanding the experiences and views of the Vietnamese police.
Author(s): Melissa Jardine
Series: Routledge Studies in Policing and Society
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 185
City: London
Cover
Endorsement
Series Information
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
About the Author
A Note On Language and Terminology
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Glossary
1 Policing, Place and the Production of Policing Knowledge
Towards a Global Account of Policing Using a Southern Perspective
Scholarship On Criminology and Policing in Asia and Vietnam
Conceptualising Police Culture and Its Production
Research Methodology and an ‘Appreciative’ Approach to Study Policing in a One-Party State
Ethnographic Practice and Policing in Vietnam
AI as a Mode of Inquiry for Accessing the Field
AI and Ethics in Sensitive Political Environments
Vulnerability and the Authentic Self in Ethnographic Research
Aims of the Study and Organisation of This Book
Notes
References
2 Conflict, Continuity and Change: Shaping Vietnam and Contemporary Policing
Indigeneity, Invasion and Identity
Migration and Markets
Social Control, Cultivating Proper Conduct and Culture
Influences On the Development of Policing Structures and Systems
Police and State–Society Relations
Emerging Challenges in Policing and Security
Notes
References
3 The Emergence of Modern Policing in Vietnam
The Origins of the PPF
Police, the Political System and Professional Policing
Organisation of the PPF
The PPA
Eligibility, Recruitment and Selection
Ranks, Promotion, Retirement Age and Salaries
Accountability and Restructuring the Police for the 21st Century
Notes
References
4 Edification, Socialisation and Constructing Police Culture
Edification and Police Identity
Pathways to Policing: From Patriots to Pragmatists?
Learning Morality
Socio-Political Practice and Homestays for Police Students
Socialisation: The ‘Small Society’ of the PPA
Alumni, Appreciation Money and Financial ‘Socialisation’
Hierarchy and Harmony: Influences On Forms of Capital in Vietnamese Policing
Notes
References
5 Bamboo, Boundaries and Benevolence: Police Culture, Norms and Practices in Transition
Social Order and Local Policing
Principle of Non-Intervention: Protected Values Or Pragmatism?
Police as Educators in an Evolving Legal Environment
‘You Can’t Be a Stranger in Your Own Society’: The Informal Economy
Perceptions of ‘Good’ Police and Policing
Embracing and Resisting Change
Notes
References
6 Matriarchy, Mobilisation and Modern Women in Vietnamese Policing
Geography, Gender and a Touch of Grace
Confucian Influences and Vietnamese Customs
Mobilising Women: Exploitation Or Empowerment?
Femininity and Agency
The ‘Ideal’ Green SuperMAN: Protecting the Gender Hierarchy
Promotions, Paperwork and Progression Through the Ranks
Diversity and Inclusion: Gender, Ethnic Minorities and LGBTIQ Communities
Reflections On Researching Women in Policing in Vietnam
Notes
References
7 Towards a Global Account of Policing
Theoretical Contributions of a Southern Perspective Towards a Global Account of Policing
Combining Scholarship and Advocacy
Harnessing the Concept of ‘Culture’ as a Research Tool
The Field of Policing: The Dynamics of Change and Stability
Political Dimensions and Influences of Economic ‘Development’ On Policing
Police–Community Relations
Gender and Women Police
Futures of Policing and Policing Research
References
Index
