Policing the Pandemic: How Public Health Becomes Public Order

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Written in the context of the #Blacklivesmatter protests, this book explores why law enforcement responses to a public health emergency are prioritised over welfare provision and what this tells us about the state's criminal justice institutions.

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Main Author: Fatsis, Lambros (Author)
Contributors: Lamb, Melayna (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Bristol Policy Press 2021
In:Year: 2021
Edition:1st ed.
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Keywords:
Black Lives Matter Movement
Discrimination in law enforcement
Electronic books
COVID-19 > Pandemie > Strafjustiz > Polizei > Öffentliches Gesundheitswesen > Black Lives Matter
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Written in the context of the #Blacklivesmatter protests, this book explores why law enforcement responses to a public health emergency are prioritised over welfare provision and what this tells us about the state's criminal justice institutions.
Front cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- One: Policing 'the public' as a virus -- Two: The order of public health -- Three: Safety without police: an abolitionist provocation -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Back cover.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (149 pages)
ISBN:978-1-4473-6109-1