Rise of the warrior cop : the militarization of America's police forces / Radley Balko.
"Today's armored-up policemen are a far cry from the constables of early America. The unrest of the 1960s brought about the invention of the SWAT unit--which in turn led to the debut of military tactics in the ranks of police officers. Nixon's War on Drugs, Reagan's War on Poverty, Clinton's COPS pr...
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Language: | English |
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New York :
PublicAffairs,
[2014]
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Edition: | First edition. |
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Ownership and Custodial History: |
Embossed stamp on preliminary leaf: "From the library of Lev Raphael." Marginalia throughout. |
Local Note: |
MSU: From the MSS 375 collection, Lev Raphael papers.
MSU: The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it. |
Physical Description: | xvi, 382 pages ; 21 cm |
Format: | Book |
Summary: |
"Today's armored-up policemen are a far cry from the constables of early America. The unrest of the 1960s brought about the invention of the SWAT unit--which in turn led to the debut of military tactics in the ranks of police officers. Nixon's War on Drugs, Reagan's War on Poverty, Clinton's COPS program, the post-9/11 security state under Bush and Obama: by degrees, each of these innovations expanded and empowered police forces, always at the expense of civil liberties. And these are just four among a slew of reckless programs. In Rise of the Warrior Cop, Balko shows how politicians' ill-considered policies and relentless declarations of war against vague enemies like crime, drugs, and terror have blurred the distinction between cop and soldier. His fascinating, frightening narrative shows how over a generation, a creeping battlefield mentality has isolated and alienated American police officers and put them on a collision course with the values of a free society."--Publisher's website. |
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Note: | "Hardcover first published in 2013 in the United States by Public Affairs (TM), a member of the Perseus Books Group." --Title page verso of the paperback. |
Call Number: | HV8080.S64 B354 2014 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-368) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781610394574 1610394577 |