The increased militarization of the police in the United States has been a topic of controversy for decades, brought to the public eye in notable events such as the Los Angeles Police Department’s use
Policing is a highly pragmatic occupation. It is designed to achieve the important social ends of peacekeeping and public safety, and is empowered to do so using means that are ordinarily seen as prob
It is often suggested that the ends of policing justify the use of otherwise problematic means, but do they? This book explores the dialectic of ends and means (whether the ends justify the means or w