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The ethics of policing : new perspectives on law enforcement / edited by Ben Jones, Eduardo Mendieta.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- NYU scholarship online.
- NYU scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police ethics.
- Law enforcement--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Law enforcement.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : 20 b/w illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, 2021.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- From George Floyd to Breonna Taylor, the brutal deaths of Black citizens at the hands of law enforcement have brought race and policing to the forefront of national debate in the United States. In 'The Ethics of Policing', Ben Jones and Eduardo Mendieta bring together an interdisciplinary group of scholars across the social sciences and humanities to reevaluate the role of the police and the ethical principles that guide their work.
- Contents:
- The Role of Police. Clashing narratives of policing? the quest for lawful versus effective policing and the possibility of abolition as a solution / Tracey L. Meares
- Legitimate policing and professional norms / Jake Monaghan
- Reward and "real" police work / Michael Sierra-Arevalo
- Use of Force. Soldiers and police / Michael Walzer
- When police do not need to kill / Franklin Zimring
- Prioritization of life as a guiding principle for police use of deadly force / David Klinger
- Race, Bias, and Resistance. Policing narratives in the Black counterpublic / Vesla Weaver
- Police ethics through presidential politics and abolitionist struggle : Angela Y. Davis and Erica Garner / Joy James
- Policing's Past and Future. Police and slave patrols : a history of state-sponsored White-on-Black violence / Sally Hadden
- From protection to predation : policing as the pursuit of war by other means in the Third Reich / Nicolas de Warren
- Police, drones, and the politics of perception / Lisa Guenther
- Predictive policing and the ethics of preemption / Daniel Susser.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4798-0375-8
- OCLC:
- 1257083888
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