Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of CrisisLockdown America documents the horrors and absurdities of militarized policing, prisons, a fortified border, and the war on drugs. Its accessible and vivid prose makes clear the links between crime and politics in a period of gathering economic crisis. |
Contents
Nixons Splendid Little War Social Crisis and Containment | 3 |
From Crisis to Rollback | 29 |
A War for All Seasons The Return of Law and Order | 45 |
POLICE | 67 |
Discipline in Playland Part I Zero Tolerance The Science of Kicking Ass | 69 |
Disciple in Playland Part II Policing the Themepark City | 90 |
Carrying the Big Stick SWAT Teams and Paramilitary Policing | 111 |
Repatriating la Migras War The Militarized Border Comes Home | 139 |
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