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"If they resist, kill them all": police vigilantism in the Philippines
[working paper]
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Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
Abstract "Since the election of Rodrigo Duterte as president, the Philippines have been engulfed in a vicious campaign against drug-related crime. More than 1,500 suspects have been killed by police officers in so-called legitimate encounters. An analysis of past patterns of killings by police shows that the... view more
"Since the election of Rodrigo Duterte as president, the Philippines have been engulfed in a vicious campaign against drug-related crime. More than 1,500 suspects have been killed by police officers in so-called legitimate encounters. An analysis of past patterns of killings by police shows that there are widespread, if less conspicuous, antecedents to the current spate of police-perpetrated vigilante justice. In the past and now, the differences between provinces and regions are attributable to the attitudes of officials in power at the local level. The pressure exerted on local officials by the current national administration reduces their options for resisting the invitation to carry out acts of vigilante justice. The current patterns of strongman rule also exhibit disturbing similarities to the ones used by Ferdinand Marcos before the declaration of martial law in 1972 (and should be seen as an ominous portent of what lies ahead)." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
police; arbitrary law; homicide; illegitimacy; violence; human rights; drug-related crime; Southeast Asia; developing country; Philippines
Classification
Criminal Sociology, Sociology of Law
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
City
Frankfurt am Main
Page/Pages
37 p.
Series
PRIF Reports, 142
ISBN
978-3-946459-11-8
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications