Download or read book Policing Intimacy written by Jenna Grace Sciuto and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Policing Intimacy: Law, Sexuality, and the Color Line in Twentieth-Century Hemispheric American Literature, author Jenna Grace Sciuto analyzes literary depictions of sexual policing of the color line across multiple spaces with diverse colonial histories: Mississippi through William Faulkner’s work, Louisiana through Ernest Gaines’s novels, Haiti through the work of Marie Chauvet and Edwidge Danticat, and the Dominican Republic through writing by Julia Alvarez, Junot Díaz, and Nelly Rosario. This literature exposes the continuing coloniality that links depictions of US democracy with Caribbean dictatorships in the twentieth century, revealing a set of interrelated features characterizing the transformation of colonial forms of racial and sexual control into neocolonial reconfigurations. A result of systemic inequality and large-scale historical events, the patterns explored herein reveal the ways in which private relations can reflect national occurrences and the intimate can be brought under public scrutiny. Acknowledging the widespread effects of racial and sexual policing that persist in current legal, economic, and political infrastructures across the circum-Caribbean can in turn bring to light permutations of resistance to the violent discriminations of the status quo. By drawing on colonial documents, such as early law systems like the 1685 French Code Noir instated in Haiti, the 1724 Code Noir in Louisiana, and the 1865 Black Code in Mississippi, in tandem with examples from twentieth-century literature, Policing Intimacy humanizes the effects of legal histories and leaves space for local particularities. By focusing on literary texts and variances in form and aesthetics, Sciuto demonstrates the necessity of incorporating multiple stories, histories, and traumas into accounts of the past.
Download or read book The Thin Blue Line written by Matthew Gordon and published by Matthew Gordon. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past thirty years, the Los Angeles Police Department has been accused of endless charges of brutality and corruption. From the highly public and polarizing Rodney King beating, to the shocking Rampart Scandal, many have viewed the department as a brutal, yet effective, crime fight force. To this end, many blame the more controversial acts of the department on a "few bad apples." Covering the time from Chief Gates' tenure until the end of the Rampart Scandal, The Thin Blue Line brings forgotten and startling events from the last thirty years of the L.A.P.D.'s shocking history to life. Attempting to view brutality and corruption through a critical lens, this book uses extensive research to investigate the various charges police corruption as a result of the different policing styles implemented by the department throughout the years, and not the result of a "few bad apples."
Download or read book Walking the Thin Black Line written by Melissa McFadden and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melissa McFadden always wanted to be an officer when she grew up--to help people. As she left the disciplined, rule driven, world of the Air Force Security Services and landed her dream job in the Columbus, Ohio Division of Police, she learned that policing was something very different than what she had always dreamed it would be. As a Black woman from the coal country of West Virginia she found herself confronting a big city racist police culture that was born in the slave patrols of Reconstruction, emboldened through the Jim Crow era, challenged in the Civil Rights era and still gaining momentum in the Black Lives Matter era. She walked a thin Black line each day that divided her ability to defend her community against police brutality from her ability to defend herself against discrimination on the job. Her memoir is about her journey through the thicket of racist union contracts, unfair assignment practices, and discriminatory disciplinary decisions. She shares how racism hides within police culture, because the purpose of policing has never shed its original focus-a war on Black people. She never imagined the day that she would be standing in solidarity with young Black activists and their white allies, holding a sign saying Police Reform Now, while shouting BLACK LIVES MATTER! Her voice was silenced for over twenty years of her career through threats of retaliation that included taking her entire pension from her. She has fought, cried, sued, mentored, and demanded justice for her Black colleagues and the Black people of Columbus. And now she can show you her efforts and her failures in hopes that the more you know the more you can be part of the solution that is so long overdue.
Download or read book Crossing the Line written by John Sutherland and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hold the Line written by Michael Fanone and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a twenty-year police veteran and former Trump supporter who nearly lost his life during the insurrection of January 6th, this instant New York Times bestseller is also an urgent warning that “offers a stark message for this uncertain moment, making crystal clear the urgency and importance of defending our precious democracy” (Nancy Pelosi). When Michael Fanone self-deployed to the Capitol on January 6, 2021, he had no idea his life was about to change. When he got to the front of the line, he urged his fellow officers to hold it against the growing crowd of insurrectionists—until he found himself pulled into the mob, tased until he had a heart attack, and viciously beaten with a Blue Lives Matter flag as shouts to kill him rang out. Now, Fanone is ready to tell the full story of that infamous day, along with exploring our country’s most critical issues as someone who has had firsthand experience with many of them. A self-described redneck who voted for Trump in 2016, Fanone’s closest friend was an informant—a Black, transgender, HIV-positive woman who has helped him mature and rethink his methods as a police officer. With his unique insight as an undercover detective and intense desire to do the right thing no matter the cost, Fanone provides a nuanced look into everything from policing to race to politics in a way that is accessible across all party lines. Determined to make sure no one forgets what happened at the Capitol on January 6th, Fanone has written a timely and “important” (Kirkus Reviews) call to action for anyone who wants to preserve our democracy for future generations.
Download or read book The New Blue Line written by Jerome H. Skolnick and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1986 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Night Police written by Chris Berg and published by Night Police. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this gritty, true crime-inspired novel you'll meet the dangerous men that comprise The Night Police, and listen as real-life urban policing is exposed from the inside. Written by two who have been there, The Night Police and its rogue trooper Max Golden will take a dark journey from which no one will emerge unscathed.Rebel trooper Max Golden isn't content to spend his career as a humble, rule-following civil servant. Refusing to seek out danger isn't his style. And in the squalid, crime-ridden streets of Bristol City, he finds danger in spades. Undercover drug deals, murder and more keep him and the other members of The Night Police bonded tightly together in their self-made fraternity. Escape, when it's needed, is found in the dark and nondescript Solly's Tavern, where on a damp, cold evening in 1991, this down-at-the-heels saloon hosts four of The Night Police for a cathartic night of drinking. The plan is to let loose and forget for a few hours, but the swapping of ever more graphic tales leads to the unfolding of a stunning revelation.In true ripped-from-the-headlines fashion, the stories related in The Night Police may seem improbable, but are all based on true events. The Night Police provides truth and insight into the demons behind the badge.
Download or read book The Thin Black Line written by Hugh Holton and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-01-19 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nonfiction collection of the exploits and accomplishments of African American law enforcement officers.
Download or read book The Oz Principle written by Roger Connors and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1998-10-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive book on workplace accountability by the New York Times bestselling authors of How Did That Happen? Since it was originally published in 1994, The Oz Principle has sold nearly 600,000 copies and become the worldwide bible on accountability. Through its practical and invaluable advice, thousands of companies have learned just how vital personal and organizational accountability is for a company to achieve and maintain its best results. At the core of the authors' message is the idea that when people take personal ownership of their organization's goals and accept responsibility for their own performance, they become more invested and work at a higher level to ensure not only their own success, but everyone's. Now more than ever, The Oz Principle is vital to anyone charged with obtaining results. It is a must have, must read, and must apply classic business book.
Download or read book Line of Duty the Real Story of British Police Corruption written by Wensley Clarkson and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True stories of police corruption, bent coppers and the secret units who hunt them.
Download or read book Code of Police Silence written by Victor Paez Torres and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Problem oriented Policing written by Michael S. Scott and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Police Line written by Kelly Donovan and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-28 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people talk about the "bad apples" in policing. Kelly Donovan was an outstanding "good apple" within a Canadian police service, when she blew the whistle on corrupt practices when police investigate police. She did what we would expect any good police officer to do, she tried to affect positive change from within. Her efforts left her facing a discipline proceeding, gag measures and she was removed from her prestigious position at the police service. Even after resigning from the profession, Kelly continues to face retaliation by the police service who is using judicial processes to continue to try to silence her. Kelly's story will shock any taxpaying citizen, and explain why there is so much secrecy and fear within the policing culture in North America. Every single government official that Kelly has reached out to for help has turned a blind eye to the whistleblower retaliation she has faced. With the defunding of police services and #BlackLivesMatter issues being on the forefront, it is more important than ever for people to understand why there are so many bystanders in policing; those who remain silent when they witness something they know is wrong. Speaking up is fatal to a Canadian police officer's career. Kelly's book Police Line: Do Not Cross is a modern-day David and Goliath. This book is a must read for anyone in policing, considering a career in policing or government, or anyone interested in the evolution of government and judicial responsibility.
Download or read book SPD Blue written by Dennis Patrick Murphy and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After laterally transferring from the sleepy bedroom hamlet of the Town of Camillus Police Department, Officer Patrick MacKenna has a whole different learning curve to contend with...he rarely if ever had to pull his gun at CPD, but now he has a hard time leaving it in the holster...drug dealers, gang bangers, robberies, shootings and stabbings just keep adding up in his daily log as he tries to assimilate to the fast pace life of a city cop in an urban setting...what's helping in the transition is that he's lucky enough to find an eclectic set of SPD officers who are turning out to really be brother's and sister's in arms!
Download or read book On the Line written by Alice Vinten and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A warts-and-all memoir of an ex-cop from probationer days on. Fascinating' IAN RANKIN 'A humane but unflinching look at the sharp end of contemporary policing' LUKE JENNINGS 'I loved this book. Gritty and gripping, moving and shocking, this brilliant police memoir shows that life on the force really is different for girls' ERIN KELLY Welcome to London. Population: 8.7 million. And it's your job to keep them safe. A no-holds-barred account of life on the front line of policing, On the Line follows PC Alice Hearn throughout ten years in the Met, from rookie to constable. As she deals with violent criminals, heart-breaking domestic situations, petty crime, life, death, and everything in between, she builds up a portrait of a living, complex city, and what it means to look after it. 'COMPELLING' Sunday Express 'EXTRAORDINARY' Mail on Sunday 'I've never read such an authentic and interesting account of what it's like to be a female police officer' LOUISE VOSS 'Deeply moving and inspiring' JANE CASEY 'Alice Vinten is the real deal - all the thrills of a crime novel, only true' MEL MCGRATH 'Heartbreaking, funny and, most of all, honest' LISA CUTTS 'Compelling, honest and moving' LAURA WILSON
Download or read book Thin Blue Fault Line Policing America written by John C. Franklin and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2021-02-22 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authors Franklin and Hein have witnessed firsthand difficulties experienced in some black communities. They use their knowledge to analyze and discuss the interactions between American policing, a subculture of the black community and the BLM movement. The authors wrote this book not because of attacks on police officers but because of overzealous actions by officers to shoot black men. It describes how blue on black shootings along with police tactics sometimes cause intense citizen responses through public statements, outbursts, and demonstrations. It begins with an examination of the differences between the black and white communities; how the same incident can be viewed from two different perspectives and how a discussion can be perceived unbiased by one but biased and unjust by another. Because of civil rights efforts American policing is going through a transformation. A change in policing tactics must be met with a re-evaluation of some cultural norms by the black community. They also discuss the lack of support by blacks shown to other blacks when there is an impression of being “not black enough.” The authors believe in political correctness, but also believe that political correctness is harming the black community, because well-recognized negative issues in some communities are not being addressed to avoid criticism of black culture. In the final chapter the authors discuss the failure of black leadership to make any earnest effort to rescue a wanting black subculture from itself. Finally, the authors believe that American policing understands its 21st century obligations and is taking steps to meet them.
Download or read book Slave Patrols written by Sally E. Hadden and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2003-10-30 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Obscured from our view of slaves and masters in America is a critical third party: the state, with its coercive power. This book completes the grim picture of slavery by showing us the origins, the nature, and the extent of slave patrols in Virginia and the Carolinas from the late seventeenth century through the end of the Civil War. Here we see how the patrols, formed by county courts and state militias, were the closest enforcers of codes governing slaves throughout the South. Mining a variety of sources, Sally Hadden presents the views of both patrollers and slaves as she depicts the patrols, composed of “respectable” members of society as well as poor whites, often mounted and armed with whips and guns, exerting a brutal and archaic brand of racial control inextricably linked to post–Civil War vigilantism and the Ku Klux Klan. City councils also used patrollers before the war, and police forces afterward, to impose their version of race relations across the South, making the entire region, not just plantations, an armed camp where slave workers were controlled through terror and brutality."
