Our enemies in blue : police and power in America /

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Author / Creator:Williams, Kristian, author.
Edition:Third edition.
Imprint:Oakland : AK Press, [2015]
Description:572 pages ; 23 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10367651
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ISBN:9781849352154
1849352151
Notes:Previous edition published in 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [527]-546) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword: Police and Power in America
  • Preface: 2014
  • Introduction
  • Broken Windows, Broken System
  • Chapter 1. Police Brutality in Theory and Practice
  • Chapter 2. The Origins of American Policing
  • Chapter 3. The Genesis of a Policed Society
  • Chapter 4. Cops and Klan, Hand in Hand
  • Chapter 5. The Natural Enemy of the Working Class
  • Chapter 6. Police Autonomy and Blue Power
  • Chapter 7. Secret Police, Red Squads, and the Strategy of Permanent Repression
  • Chapter 8. Riot Police or Police Riots?
  • Chapter 9. Your Friendly Neighborhood Police State
  • Afterword: Making Police Obsolete
  • Acknowledgments
  • Endnotes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index