Radical glossary of the vocabulary of policing that redefines the very way we understand law enforcement This book will arm activists on the streets--as well as anyone with an open mind on one of the key issues of our time--with a critical analysis and ultimately a redefinition of the very idea of policing. The book contends that when we talk about police and police reform, we speak the language of police legitimation through the art of euphemism. So state sexual assault become "body-cavity search," and ruthless beatings become "non-compliance deterrence." A Field Guide to...
Radical glossary of the vocabulary of policing that redefines the very way we understand law enforcement This book will arm activists on th...
Pacification is often thought of as a military strategy or a metaphor for social control. Destroy, Build, Secure goes beyond this common usage of the word and instead focuses on pacification as a category of analysis. The contributors demonstrate how pacification is simultaneously a repressive and productive strategy, mobilizing the concept to problematize the liberal boundaries of war and peace, military and civil spheres, as well as police and military operations across time and geography. From the nineteenth century to our...
Pacification is often thought of as a military strategy or a metaphor for social control. Destroy, Build, Secure goes beyond thi...
