Policing Empires: Militarization, Race, and the Imperial Boomerang in Britain and the US
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| Management number | 201826825 | Release Date | 2025/10/08 | List Price | $34.60 | Model Number | 201826825 | ||
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The police response to protests has made the militarization of policing transparent, but proper demilitarization 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 this effort. Julian Go tracks when, why, and how British and US police departments have adopted military tactics, tools, and technologies for domestic use, revealing that police militarization has occurred since the nineteenth century and is an effect of the imperial boomerang.
Format: Hardback
Length: 392 pages
Publication date: 05 December 2023
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
The militarization of policing has become increasingly apparent in response to protests that have erupted on America's streets in recent years. However, to effectively demilitarize the police, a deeper understanding of its historical development, causes, and social logics is necessary. Policing Empires provides a postcolonial historical sociology of police militarization in Britain and the United States to contribute to this effort.
Julian Go's book delves into the timing, reasons, and methods by which British and US police departments have incorporated military tactics, tools, and technologies into their domestic operations. Go's research reveals that police militarization has been a persistent phenomenon since the nineteenth century, extending into the present day. He attributes this phenomenon to the imperial boomerang, whereby police departments have adopted military practices in response to perceived racialized threats from minority and immigrant populations.
Policing Empires thus unveils a hidden truth about police militarization: Police have militarized themselves by bringing imperial practices home in response to perceived threats from marginalized communities. This book offers valuable insights into the historical roots and social implications of police militarization, providing a crucial foundation for efforts to demilitarize the police and promote greater accountability and transparency in law enforcement.
Weight: 10g
Dimension: 235 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780197621653
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