...Territoriality This chapter analyzes the foundational institution of policing in Bandung, the neighborhood night watch. Using ethnographic fieldnotes and historical sources, it explores the history of the neighborhood watch, its technologies, its practices, and its cultural significance...

... This chapter analyzes the foundational institution of policing in Bandung, the neighborhood night watch. Using ethnographic fieldnotes and historical sources, it explores the history of the neighborhood watch, its technologies, its practices, and its cultural significance. The chapter argues...

... This chapter provides an ethnographic account of the inner workings of a police precinct in Bandung during the New Order. Based on fieldnotes, police reports, news accounts, and other sources, the chapter argues that precinct-level policing was dominated by fraternities: neopatrimonial networks...

... This chapter examines how neighborhood communities in Bandung characterize and respond to various kinds of territorial threats and fears. Drawing on ethnographic fieldnotes, Sundanese short stories, and local studies of Indonesian crime and gang culture, the chapter analyzes three kinds...

... for the state the territorial power that “criminals” and gangs represented. state violence vigilantism private security crime tattoos This chapter provides an ethnographic account of the inner workings of a police precinct in Bandung during the New Order. Based on fieldnotes, police reports...