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Julian Go, "Policing Empires: Militarization, Race, and the Imperial Boomerang in Britain and the US" (Oxford UP, 2023)

New Books in Critical Theory

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The Waves of Militarization in British and American Policing

This chapter explores the concept of militarization in policing, tracing its history back to the founding of policing in the 19th century. It discusses the different logics, including racialization and imperialism, that contribute to waves of militarization and emphasizes the importance of understanding militarization as not just the adoption of military arms and materials, but also military mindsets and tactics.

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