Policing a Class Society: The Experience of American Cities, 1865-1915

Richardson, James; Harring, Sidney L.

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“…A concern with socio‐economic inequality and its relationship to the institutional mediation of state violence is foundational to critical scholarship on policing and carceral power. A common approach to examining this relationship holds that the police and prisons serve a functional role within a capitalist mode of production, managing and containing those patterns of racial and class antagonism that capitalism simultaneously requires and exacerbates (Golash‐Boza 2015; Harring 1983; Linebaugh 2015; Russell 2002; Schwendinger et al. 2013; Seigel 2018; Vitale 2017).…”

Section: Policing Incarceration and The Collective Circulation Of Harmmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A concern with socio-economic inequality and its relationship to the institutional mediation of state violence is foundational to critical scholarship on policing and carceral power. A common approach to examining this relationship holds that the police and prisons serve a functional role within a capitalist mode of production, managing and containing those patterns of racial and class antagonism that capitalism simultaneously requires and exacerbates (Golash-Boza 2015;Harring 1983;Linebaugh 2015;Russell 2002;Schwendinger et al 2013;Seigel 2018;Vitale 2017). Another valuable line of inquiry applies a conjunctural analysis to explain how and why specific carceral initiatives emerge at specific moments of time to respond to particular social, political, and economic contradictions and crises associated with unfolding strategies of racial governance and capital accumulation (see Bonds 2019;Camp 2016;Danewid 2022;Gilmore 2007;Hall et al 1978).…”

Section: Policing Incarceration and The Collective Circulation Of Harmmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Unravelling the “Thin Blue Line”: Policing as an Engine of Inequality

2023

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This paper argues that policing be understood as a creative social force that reproduces important dimensions of earlier iterations of the colour line. The paper advances this argument by integrating findings from two distinct research projects: the first on the household financial losses that follow arrest by immigration officials in Tucson, AZ; and the second focusing on the everyday costs of policing and carceral supervision absorbed by residents of Philadelphia, PA. Together, data from these sites illuminate how exposure to policing exhausts emotional and material resources from expansive family and community networks of care and support. To theorise the connection between financial dispossession and the dispossession of future opportunity, we draw on a heuristic reading of the “thin blue line” symbol. We conclude by suggesting a need for closer attention to how contemporary state interventions drive patterns of dispossession and vulnerability that accumulate across various scales, sites, rhythms, and collectivities.

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Section: Policing Incarceration and The Collective Circulation Of Harmmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Policing Incarceration and The Collective Circulation Of Harmmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unravelling the “Thin Blue Line”: Policing as an Engine of Inequality

2023

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“…Innovations in law enforcement have frequently evolved over time. One of the best-known examples is progression of police patrol strategies: the primary strategy police departments use to prevent crime was foot patrol, which evolved to horse-drawn patrol wagons, and then motorized patrol in automobiles (Harring 1983;Koper, Lum, and Willis 2014). Police management and administration have also evolved, from politically motivated ward bosses, to Civil Service selection, training academies, and education requirements (Wadman and Allison 2004;Roe 1890;King 2000).…”

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Technology innovations in policing: a framework

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Police agencies in the United States increasingly face a number of challenges that they must contend with. Since the beginning of the 21 st century American law enforcement has been tasked with reducing crime, responding to terrorist threats, improving their relationships with the communities they serve, which in many areas has been severely damaged. In addition to these demands, law enforcement agencies also struggle with organizational constraints. These include a lack of funding, difficulty in hiring new officers, and an inability to properly train officers to perform their jobs effectively. Technological innovations, when implemented successfully, have the potential to help provide solutions for many of the issues in modern American policing. Despite this, there has been little research conducted that seeks to explain the factors that influence whether or not police agencies implement technological innovations, as well as which kinds of innovations. This dissertation proposes a framework for understanding technological innovations in policing based on a number of organizational factors. This dissertation includes three separate studies: the first provides a review of the history of technological innovations in policing and outlines the framework I have developed; the second tests the framework, as well as other models derived from factor analyses, by using regression analyses to predict measures of police organization, structure, context, and culture on police technology adoption; and the third study analyzes technology adoption among American police departments over a span of thirty years, tracing the adoption rate of various technologies used in law enforcement over time.Overall, results from the dissertation suggest the framework is useful understanding differences in the adoption rates of innovations among law enforcement agencies in the United States. years. Glenn, I am so thankful for everything you have done for me: whether it be your ideas, wisdom, your patience, your belief in me, and more, I can truly say that I never would have made it through grad school if I had anyone else as my advisor. Special thanks to the other two members on my committee, Jake and Rob. Jake, I loved taking your classes and think I took more with you than any other professor in grad school. I learned so much from you, especially about methods and stats, and hope to be as good of a teacher as you one day. I will always remember our talks about Philly and San Diego sports (Go Chargers). Rob, you are the reason I even started a PhD program in the first place. You were the one who inspired me to become a criminologist way back in my undergrad days and it has been so cool to come full circle with you helping me out on my dissertation. I can never express how thankful I am for all of the amazing opportunities you have given me and look forward to our continued work together in the years to come. Shout out to everyone else who really made my time at Northeastern special. Greg, Natasha, and Amy, I appreciate your availability to tal...

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Policing a Class Society: The Experience of American Cities, 1865-1915

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Unravelling the “Thin Blue Line”: Policing as an Engine of Inequality

Unravelling the “Thin Blue Line”: Policing as an Engine of Inequality

Technology innovations in policing: a framework

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