{"product_id":"the-horror-of-police-paperback","title":"The Horror of Police - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTravis Linnemann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnmasks the horrors of a social order reproduced and maintained by the violence of police\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Year after year the crisis churns: graft and corruption, violence and murder, riot cops and armored vehicles claim city streets. Despite promises of reform, police operate with impunity, unaccountable to law. In \u003ci\u003eThe Horror of Police\u003c\/i\u003e, Travis Linnemann asks why, with this open record of violence and corruption, policing remains for so many the best, perhaps only means of security in an insecure world. \u003cp\u003eDrawing on the language and texts of horror fiction, Linnemann recasts the police not only as self-proclaimed \"monster fighters\" but as monsters themselves, a terrifying force set loose in the world. Purposefully misreading a collection of everyday police stories (TV cop dramas, detective fiction, news media accounts, the direct words of police) not as morality tales of innocence avenged and order restored but as \u003ci\u003ehorror\u003c\/i\u003e, Linnemann reveals the monstrous violence at the heart of liberal social order. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Horror of Police\u003c\/i\u003e shows that police violence is not a deviation but rather a deliberate and permanent fixture of U.S. \"law and order.\" Only when viewed through the refracted motif of horror stories, Linnemann argues, can we begin to reckon the limits of police and imagine a world without them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravis Linnemann is associate professor of sociology at Kansas State University. He is author of \u003ci\u003eMeth Wars: Police, Media, Power\u003c\/i\u003e; coauthor of \u003ci\u003eMedia and Crime in the U.S.\u003c\/i\u003e; and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eGhost Criminology: The Afterlife of Crime and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e and the journal \u003ci\u003eCrime, Media, Culture\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766563307808,"sku":"9781517905927","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dfe5ce5235b05460a81ee1e2878cf6a0.webp?v=1780294711","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-horror-of-police-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}