Violence work : state power and the limits of police /

Seigel, Micol, 1968-

Violence work : state power and the limits of police / Micol Seigel. - xi, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: policing and state power -- The Office of Public Safety, the LEAA, and US police -- Civilian or military? distinction by design -- "Industrial security" in Alaska: the great public-private divide -- Corporate states and government markets for Saudi Arabian oil -- Professors for police: the growth of criminal justice education -- Exiles at home: a refugee structure of feeling -- Conclusion: reckoning with police lethality--Appendix--Abbreviations--Notes--Bibliography--Index.

9781478000020 9781478000174

2018002260


United States. Agency for International Development. Office of Public Safety.


Police brutality--United States.
Police training--United States.
State-sponsored terrorism--United States.

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