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Police - A Field Guide (Paperback)
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Police - A Field Guide (Paperback)
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Loot Price R376
Discovery Miles 3 760
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This book armed activists on the streets-as well as the many who
have become concerned about police abuse-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 the Police is a study of the indirect and taken-for granted
language of policing, a language we're all forced to speak when we
talk about law enforcement. In entries like "Police dog," "Stop and
frisk," and "Rough ride," the authors expose the way "copspeak"
suppresses the true meaning and history of policing. Like any other
field guide, it reveals a world that is hidden in plain view. The
book argues that a redefined language of policing might help chart
a future free society. Now in an expanded and updated edition,
including explanations of newsmaking new terms, like "dead names",
"kettling", and "qualified immunity", as well as a new foreword by
leading criminal justice advocate Craig Gilmore
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