Policing a Class Society: The Experience of American Cities, 1865-1915 (2)
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- Synopsis
- Police are popularly understood as the “thin blue line” that “serves and protects” us from violence and crime in the pursuit of justice. In Policing a Class Society, Sidney L. Harring provides an essential corrective to the ideas that police have always been around, that they are a force for deterring crime, or that theyhave an interest in the pursuit of justice. Looking at the growth of the urban police force around the turn of the 20th century, Harring argues that the police protected the interestsof manufacturers, working almost as hired guns. Rather than fighting crime, the historical role of police was to control the leisure activity of the devloping working-class and maintainthe existing order of capitalist relationships.
- Copyright:
- 2017
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 318 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781608468546
- Publisher:
- Haymarket Books
- Date of Addition:
- 05/19/25
- Copyrighted By:
- © 2017 Sidney L. Harring
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- 170
- Proofread By:
- 170
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.