Our enemies in blue : police and power in America /

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Author / Creator:Williams, Kristian.
Imprint:Brooklyn, NY : Soft Skull Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2004.
Description:385 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5574596
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ISBN:1932360433 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-364) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword: Police and Power in America
  • 1. Police Brutality in Theory and Practice
  • 2. The Origins of American Policing
  • 3. The Genesis of a Policed Society
  • 4. Cops and Klan, Hand in Hand
  • 5. The Natural Enemy of the Working Class
  • 6. Police Autonomy and Blue Power
  • 7. Secret Police, Red Squads, and the Strategy of Permanent Repression
  • 8. Riot Police or Police Riots?
  • 9. Your Friendly Neighborhood Police State
  • Afterword: Making Police Obsolete
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index