Policing Empires

by Go

The police response to protests erupting on America's streets in recent years has made the militarization of policing painfully transparent. Yet, properly demilitarizing the police requires a deeper understanding of its historical development, causes, and social logics. Policing Empires offers a postcolonial historical sociology of police militarization in Britain and the United States to aid that effort. Julian Go tracks when, why, and how British...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197621651
• ISBN13: 9780197621653
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 392 Pages