02475nam 2200541 450 991080881880332120230919202830.09781452967622(electronic bk.)1452967628 (electronic bk.)9781517905927151790592397815179059101517905915(MiAaPQ)EBC7052841(Au-PeEL)EBL7052841(CKB)24286169000041(EXLCZ)992428616900004120230919d2022 uy 0engurcz#---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe horror of police /Travis LinnemannMinneapolis, MN :University of Minnesota Press,[2022]©20221 online resource (viii, 280 pages)Includes index.Print version: Linnemann, Travis The Horror of Police Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,c2022 9781517905927 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction: Police Story, Horror Story -- Chapter 1: Bad Cops and True Detectives -- Chapter 2: The Police at the End of the World, or The Political Theology of the Thin Blue Line -- Chapter 3: RoboCop, or Modern Prometheus -- Chapter 4: Monsters Are Real -- Chapter 5: The Unthinkable World -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author."Drawing on the language and texts of horror fiction, Travis Linnemann recasts the police not only as self-proclaimed "monster fighters" but as monsters themselves, a terrifying force set loose in the world. The Horror of Police shows that police violence is not a deviation but rather a deliberate and permanent fixture of U.S. "law and order.'"--Provided by publisher.Police brutalityUnited StatesDiscrimination in law enforcementUnited StatesPolice corruptionUnited StatesHorror in mass mediaPolice brutalityDiscrimination in law enforcementPolice corruptionHorror in mass media.363.20973Linnemann Travis1669915MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910808818803321The horror of police4050812UNINA