Browsing Sociology, Department of by Subject "Policing"
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Bodies as Risky Resources: The Japanese Identification Systems as Surveillance, Population Control and Colonial Violence in Occupied Northeast China
This dissertation investigates the emergence and transformation of national identification (ID) systems in modern Japan. I focus on colonial techniques of the ID systems in Northeast China under Japanese occupation in ... -
In The Mounties We Trust: A Study of Royal Canadian Mounted Police Accountability
(2011-07-06)Police and Canadian citizens often clash during protests sometimes resulting in violent outcomes. Due to the nature of those altercations, there are few other events that require oversight more than the way police clash ... -
The New Political Economy of Policing: an Exploration of the Militarization of Policing in the United States
(2015-09-14)Public perceptions of policing in the United States have drastically shifted in the last decade as images of police brutality have dominated the media. This thesis asks whether or not the militarization of policing in the ...