Violence Work: State Power and the Limits of Police

Micol Seigel

Published by Duke University Press 2018

Violence Work

State Power and the Limits of Police

Micol Seigel

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478002024

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About this book

Micol Seigel redefines policing as “violence work,” showing how it is shaped by its role of channeling state violence and how its status as a civilian institution obscures its ties to militarization.

Author / Editor information

Micol Seigel is Professor of American Studies and History at Indiana University, Bloomington and the author of Uneven Encounters: Making Race and Nation in Brazil and the United States, also published by Duke University Press.

Reviews

"An exceptionally sophisticated exploration of the nature of policing in relation to 'violence work.' . . . Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, and faculty."

-- D. O. Friedrichs Choice

"[Violence Work] reveals a great deal about what we do and do not know about state-sponsored violence as well as how best to get there. . . . Seigel portrays state repression in a relatively new light, leading to refreshing insights about theory, data sources, and unexamined hypotheses. The book kills fascists because if you follow the logic contained within it, you are led directly to perpetrators of violence, as well as the varying types of institutions in which they are found."

-- Christian Davenport Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics

“Violence Work is an eye-opening, detailed and timely book that, for its historical approach, is an unusual appraisal of police legitimacy, which may not only to attract the attention of scholars and students of political science and criminal justice but also of policymakers, especially in this time of discussion of dismantling and defunding the police.”

-- Nusret M. Sahin Ethnic and Racial Studies

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
INTRODUCTION. Policing and State Power Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
ONE. The Office of Public Safety, the LEAA, and US Police Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
TWO. Civilian or Military? Distinction by Design Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
THREE. “Industrial Security” in Alaska: The Great Public-Private Divide Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
FOUR. Corporate States and Government Markets for Saudi Arabian Oil Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
FIVE. Professors for Police: The Growth of Criminal Justice Education Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
SIX. Exiles at Home: A Refugee Structure of Feeling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
CONCLUSION. Reckoning with Police Lethality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
APPENDIX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
ABBREVIATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 312
Illustrations
- Other: 13 illustrations

eBook

Published: August 2, 2018
ISBN: 9781478002024