Overview
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.
This book title, Policing A Class Society (The Experience of American Cities, 1865-1915), ISBN: 9781608468546, by Sidney L. Harring, published by Haymarket Books (October 31, 2017) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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