The epistemic power of the police

This article uses movements against police brutality as a starting point to rethink our theorizations of police power, asking how the police maintain their dominance over oppressed groups, and what it takes to challenge it. I argue that an important, but undertheorized dimension of police power is e...

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Autor principal: Boutros, Magda (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2024
En: Theoretical criminology
Año: 2024, Volumen: 28, Número: 4, Páginas: 495-515
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