Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction: The Challenge of Institution-Building in Divided Societies
- 2 Power Sharing, Policing, and Peace
- 3 Sectarianism and Conflict in the Iraqi Police
- 4 Identity and Inclusion in the Israeli Police
- 5 Perceptions
- 6 Police Integration and Anti-Government Violence
- 7 Citizen Cooperation and Crime
- 8 Barriers to Integration
- 9 Conclusion: Peace-Building through Institutional Inclusion
- Appendix A Data and Methods
- Bibliography
- Index
- Seriespage
4 - Identity and Inclusion in the Israeli Police
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 November 2021
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction: The Challenge of Institution-Building in Divided Societies
- 2 Power Sharing, Policing, and Peace
- 3 Sectarianism and Conflict in the Iraqi Police
- 4 Identity and Inclusion in the Israeli Police
- 5 Perceptions
- 6 Police Integration and Anti-Government Violence
- 7 Citizen Cooperation and Crime
- 8 Barriers to Integration
- 9 Conclusion: Peace-Building through Institutional Inclusion
- Appendix A Data and Methods
- Bibliography
- Index
- Seriespage
Summary
In Israel, police integration is limited mainly by the supply of Arab citizens who wish to join the police. Many Arab Israelis express skepticism that participation in the criminal justice system will improve services, worrying that Arab officers will instead be used as collaborators in anti-Arab repression. Consequently, interviews with police officers paint a picture of an institution that wishes to provide better services to minorities but struggles to do so due to a lack of citizen buy-in. I explore detailed station-level data covering a six-year period on police officers’ religious identities, and I uncover processes through which the police assign officers from different groups to different locations through interviews with high-ranking police officers.
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- Policing for PeaceInstitutions, Expectations, and Security in Divided Societies, pp. 67 - 91Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021