Policing empires : militarization, race, and the imperial boomerang in Britain and the US /

In 'Policing Empires', Julian Go offers a postcolonial historical sociology of police militarization in Britain and the United States. He tracks when, why, and how British and US police departments have adopted military tactics, tools, and technologies for domestic use. Using both secondar...

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Go, Julian
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Zusammenfassung:
In 'Policing Empires', Julian Go offers a postcolonial historical sociology of police militarization in Britain and the United States. He tracks when, why, and how British and US police departments have adopted military tactics, tools, and technologies for domestic use. Using both secondary and primary archival sources, Go reveals that police militarization has occurred since the very founding of modern policing. This book thereby unlocks the dirty secret of police militarization: Police have brought the imperial boomerang home to militarize themselves in response to perceived racialized threats from minority and immigrant populations.
Umfang:
1 online resource (393 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Also issued in print: 2024.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-762169-4
0-19-762167-8
0-19-762168-6
9780197621684
Schlagworte:
Militarization of police > Great Britain.
Militarization of police > United States.
Police > Great Britain > History.
Police > United States > History.
True Crime.
Social services & welfare, criminology.
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