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Our enemies in blue : police and power in America / Kristian Williams ; introduction by Andrea J. Ritchie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Kristian, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police--United States.
- Police.
- Police brutality--United States.
- Police brutality.
- Police misconduct--United States.
- Police misconduct.
- Police corruption--United States.
- Police corruption.
- Police--United States--History.
- Discrimination in law enforcement--United States.
- Discrimination in law enforcement.
- Racial profiling in law enforcement--United States.
- Racial profiling in law enforcement.
- Power (Social sciences)--United States.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (572 pages)
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, CA : AK Press, [2015]
- Contents:
- Foreword: Police and power in America
- Preface, 2014
- Introduction: Broken windows, broken system / Andrea J. Ritchie
- Police brutality in theory and practice
- The origins of American policing
- The genesis of a policed society
- Cops and Klan, hand in hand
- The natural enemy of the working class
- Police autonomy and blue power
- Secret police, red squads, and the strategy of permanent repression
- Riot police or police riots?
- Your friendly neighborhood police state
- Making police obsolete.
- Notes:
- Revised edition of: Our enemies in blue : police and power in America / Kristian Williams. [Second edition]. ©2007.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-546) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from electronic title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed March 23, 2018).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Williams, Kristian. Our enemies in blue.
- ISBN:
- 9781849352161
- 184935216X
- Publisher Number:
- 99992366244
- EB00651938 Recorded Books
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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