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Is There Anybody There? Police, Communities and Communications Technology in Hargeisa (2017)
Journal Article
Hills, A. (2017). Is There Anybody There? Police, Communities and Communications Technology in Hargeisa. Stability: International Journal of Security and Development, 6(1), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.5334/sta.491

This article addresses the connection between information and communications technology (ICT) and police-community engagement in environments characterised by high access to mobile telephones but minimal police response rates. It examines public resp... Read More about Is There Anybody There? Police, Communities and Communications Technology in Hargeisa.

Off-road policing: communications technology and government authority in Somaliland (2016)
Journal Article
Hills, A. E. (2016). Off-road policing: communications technology and government authority in Somaliland. International Affairs, 92(5), 1061-1078. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2346.12701

Prompted by the trend to see information and communications technology (ICT) as a tool for capacity building, this article asks whether the use of ICT has—or can—recast centre–periphery relations in a hybrid country such as Somaliland. Taking as its... Read More about Off-road policing: communications technology and government authority in Somaliland.

What is policeness? On being police in Somalia (2014)
Journal Article
Hills, A. (2014). What is policeness? On being police in Somalia. The British Journal of Criminology: An International Review of Crime and Society, 54(5), 765-783. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azu049

This article uses the notion of policeness to explore the essence of what police are, what makes for a police and what makes it recognized as such. Western ideas of police are based on a specific understanding of what a police organization is, but th... Read More about What is policeness? On being police in Somalia.

Remembrance of things past: Somali roads to police development (2014)
Journal Article
Hills, A. (2014). Remembrance of things past: Somali roads to police development. Stability: International Journal of Security and Development, 3(1), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.5334/sta.di

Police reform is thought to require a police force to break with its past. This is notably so in the aftermath of conflict or regime change. In practice, however, most police forces are selectively reconstituted, and their development is influenced a... Read More about Remembrance of things past: Somali roads to police development.

Somalia works: Police development as state-building (2014)
Journal Article
Hills, A. (2014). Somalia works: Police development as state-building. African Affairs, 113(450), 88-107. https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adt068

Somalia is an exceptionally insecure state that nevertheless offers an arena in which police officers and institutions can – and do – function. This article argues that Somalia's three regional police forces offer insight into the dynamics that resul... Read More about Somalia works: Police development as state-building.

Lost in translation: why Nigeria’s police don’t implement democratic reforms. (2012)
Journal Article
Hills, A. (2012). Lost in translation: why Nigeria’s police don’t implement democratic reforms. International Affairs, 88(4), 739-755. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2346.2012.01099.x

The transfer of democratic values and practices such as community-based policing to African police forces is a key aspect of western aid and security policies, yet the cultural transmission on which it depends is not fully understood; the ways in whi... Read More about Lost in translation: why Nigeria’s police don’t implement democratic reforms..

Policing a Plurality of Worlds: The Nigeria Police in Metropolitan Kano (2011)
Journal Article
Hills, A. (2012). Policing a Plurality of Worlds: The Nigeria Police in Metropolitan Kano. African Affairs, 111(442), 46-66. https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adr078

The prevention of inter-communal conflict in cities where multiple religious and secular norms and processes affect the delivery of security and justice is a major challenge for governments and residents. Most analyses of conflict prevention focus on... Read More about Policing a Plurality of Worlds: The Nigeria Police in Metropolitan Kano.