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Global Insecurity: How Risk Theory Gave Rise To Global Police Militarization, Nicholas S. Bolduc
Global Insecurity: How Risk Theory Gave Rise To Global Police Militarization, Nicholas S. Bolduc
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Today, across the globe, police agencies are militarizing to confront modern-day threats. This gradual shift towards militarized policing stems from the concept of risk-risk has driven nations to amend their laws so that their law enforcement agencies may militarize to meet whatever risk they face. In the United States, the gradual shift towards militarized police occurred after the crippling of the Posse Comitatus Act in the face of the developing 'War on Drugs" However, America is a late development in this trend; the majority of the Western world militarized themselves through the concept of 'gendarmes", while the Chinese militarized their …
The Confluence Of Gender And Poverty: The Shameful History Of The Trafficking Of Poor Persons For Sexual Exploitation, Jody Raphael
The Confluence Of Gender And Poverty: The Shameful History Of The Trafficking Of Poor Persons For Sexual Exploitation, Jody Raphael
Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality
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