{"product_id":"violence-work-9781478000020","title":"Violence Work","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMicol 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An exceptionally sophisticated exploration of the nature of policing in relation to 'violence work.' . . . Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, and faculty.\"\u003cbr\u003e   -- D. O. Friedrichs * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eViolence Work\u003c\/i\u003e] 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eViolence Work\u003c\/i\u003e 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.”\u003c\/p\u003e -- Nusret M. Sahin * Ethnic and Racial Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Policing and State Power  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Office of Public Safety, the LEAA, and US Police  25\u003cbr\u003e 2. Civilian or Military? Distinction by Design  52\u003cbr\u003e 3. \"Industrial Security\" in Alaska: The Great Public-Private Divide  73\u003cbr\u003e 4. Corporate States and Government Markets for Saudi Arabian Oil  99\u003cbr\u003e 5. Professors for Police: The Growth of Criminal Justice Education  121\u003cbr\u003e 6. Exiles at Home: A Refugee Structure of Feeling  146\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. Reckoning with Police Lethality  179\u003cbr\u003e Appendix  189\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations  191\u003cbr\u003e Notes  193\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  249\u003cbr\u003e Index  293","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408967016791,"sku":"9781478000020","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478000020.jpg?v=1730504896","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/violence-work-9781478000020","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}