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Policing empires : militarization, race, and the imperial boomerang in Britain and the US /

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"Policing Empires examines the militarization of the "civil police" in Britain and the United States. It tracks when, why and how British and US police departments have adopted military tactics, tools and technologies for domestic use. It reveals that police militarization has occurre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Go, Julian, 1970- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Militarization of police > United States.
Militarization of police > Great Britain.
Police > United States > History.
Police > Great Britain > History.
Imperialism > History.
Race discrimination > United States.
Race discrimination > Great Britain.
United States > Military policy > History.
Great Britain > Military policy > History.
Great Britain > Colonies > History.
Impérialisme > Histoire.
Discrimination raciale > Grande-Bretagne.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire.
Militarization of police
Police
Great Britain
United States
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • A civil police?
  • The coloniality of policing
  • The birth of the civil police in London, 1829
  • Cotton colonialism and the new police in the US and England, 1830s-1850s
  • The new imperialism at home
  • Police "reform" and the colonial boomerang in the US, 1890s-1930s
  • "Our problems...are not so difficult": militarization and its limits in Britain, 1850s-1910s
  • Informal empire and urban insurgency
  • Tactical imperialism in the US, 1950s-1970s
  • Cycles of policing & insurgency in Britain, 1960s-1980s.