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Police and State Crime in the Americas

Southern and Postcolonial Perspectives

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Editors:
  1. Daniel Gascón

    1. University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, USA

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  2. Sebastián Sclofsky

    1. California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, USA

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  3. Xavier Perez

    1. Criminology Department, DePaul University, Chicago, USA

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  4. Jhon Sanabria

    1. Institute of Public Safety, Ana G. Mendez University System, San Juan, Puerto Rico

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  5. Analicia Mejia Mesinas

    1. Department of Criminal Justice, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, USA

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  • Advances the larger Latina/o/x Criminology movement by building countercolonial knowledge and frameworks
  • Discusses police and police practices beyond the US, within the critical criminology context
  • Centers the experiences of collective victims

Part of the book series: Palgrave's Critical Policing Studies (PCPS)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction: Policing and State Crime: A View from the South

    • Daniel Gascón, Sebastián Sclofsky, Xavier Perez, Jhon Sanabria, Analicia Mejia Mesinas
    Pages 1-22

  5. Crimes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-211
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    2. Race and Militarized Police Violence in Brazil

      • Simone Rodrigues, Rodrigo Otesbelgue, Renata Otesbelgue
      Pages 213-231

    3. Fatal Police Shootings in Jamaica

      • Tarik Weekes
      Pages 233-259

    4. “The Police Have Never Been Our Friend”: Exploring Latino Immigrant Perceptions of Law Enforcement

      • Mercedes Valadez
      Pages 261-283

  6. Future Directions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 285-285
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    2. Theorizing State Crime

      • Daniel Gascón, Guillermina Seri, Tyler Wall
      Pages 287-305

    3. Observing State Actions

      • Daniel Gascón, Nicolas Barrera
      Pages 307-317

    4. State Policy Dilemmas

      • Daniel Gascón, Jeffrey W. Goltz, Jhon Sanabria, Brendan McQuade
      Pages 319-347
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About this book

This book advances a much-needed “postcolonial” framework in analyzing the police. It seeks to deepen our understanding of the police role in maintaining Western global domination throughout the American region despite the violent end of colonial rule. Building on Chevigny's (1995) classic study, this book seeks to draw renewed attention to the role of police in perpetrating state violence and serving as the tip of the spear of state power. It seeks to understand the construction of marginality and the multiple and intersecting structures of colonial domination, before shining a light directly on the crimes of the state, in an attempt to hold criminal state organizations to account. It draws on interdisciplinary perspectives and methodologies that center marginalized and colonized experiences and allows for the development of countercolonial knowledge. It speaks to academics and students in criminology, sociology, political science, and law, as well as toethnic and area studies programs, such as Chicano/Latino and Latin American Studies, and to police administrators and policymakers. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, USA

    Daniel Gascón

  • California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, USA

    Sebastián Sclofsky

  • Criminology Department, DePaul University, Chicago, USA

    Xavier Perez

  • Institute of Public Safety, Ana G. Mendez University System, San Juan, Puerto Rico

    Jhon Sanabria

  • Department of Criminal Justice, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, USA

    Analicia Mejia Mesinas

About the editors

Daniel Gascón is Assistant Professor at University of Massachusetts Boston, USA.

Sebastian Sclofsky is Assistant Professor at California State University, Stanislaus, USA. 

Analicia Mejia Mesinas is Assistant Professor at Azusa Pacific University, USA. 

Xavier Perez is Co-Founder of the Criminology Department at DePaul University, USA.

Jhon Sanabria is Executive Director Institute of Public Safety at Universidad Ana G. Méndez (UAGM), Puerto Rico,

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