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| ISBN: | 0313012725
9780313012723
0313311048
9780313311048
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | Annotation Examines police violence in Guyana through consideration of the social, political, and legal structure of the nation.
Annotation The legacy of colonialism and its influence on policing and society is of crucial significance in developing an explanation for police violence and police-caused homicide in post-colonial countries such as Guyana. Mars applies a contextual approach, grounded in the conflict theoretical perspective, to explain and understand variations in police violence over time, and she extends her study to include the social, political, and legal structure in which such actions are embedded. Her findings support the notion that police violence is a function of decades of coercive state rule under British colonialism, as well as the state's legitimization of violence in police work.
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| Other form: | Print version: Mars, Joan R., 1954- Deadly force, colonialism, and the rule of law. Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, ©2002 0313311048
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