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Excessive use of deadly force by police in the Philippines before Duterte
[journal article]
Abstract Under President Duterte the Philippine National Police have killed several
thousand suspects in so-called legitimate encounters. While this has engendered much
media attention and scientific research, earlier police violence is still a black-box in
many respects. This article provides at least a ... view more
Under President Duterte the Philippine National Police have killed several
thousand suspects in so-called legitimate encounters. While this has engendered much
media attention and scientific research, earlier police violence is still a black-box in
many respects. This article provides at least a partial filling of this void. It establishes
several indicators for measuring lethal police violence. Moreover, it presents a detailed
mapping of regional and sub-regional patterns of armed police encounters for the
decade from 2006 to 2015. The spatial and temporal comparisons show that even
though actual levels of deadly police violence have been quite low in several Philippine
provinces and cities, the Philippine National Police almost always shot to kill suspects
and not to incapacitate them. While there was significant variation over time and
between sub-national units, neither the magnitude nor the levels of lethality of the
violence are related to the threat levels to which the police officers were exposed.... view less
Keywords
police; human rights violation; domestic security; violence; violent crime; Philippines; Southeast Asia
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 671-684
Journal
Journal of Contemporary Asia, 48 (2018) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00472336.2018.1471155
ISSN
1752-7554
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications