Radley Balko

Broschiertes Buch

Rise of the Warrior Cop

The Militarization of America's Police Forces

Beschreibung

Now updated with new material, the groundbreaking history of how police forces have become militarized, both in equipment and mindset, and what that means for American democracy.

Autor

Radley Balko reports on criminal justice, the drug war and civil liberties forthe Washington Post. He was previously a writer and investigative reporter at the Huffington Post, and a reporter and editor for Reason magazine. He is also co-author of the acclaimed book The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South. His work has been cited twice by the U.S. Supreme Court, and by the Mississippi Supreme Court and two federal appeals courts. He has won the L.A. Press Club's Journalist of the Year award, the NACDL's Champion of Justice Award, the Innocence Project's Journalism Award, and the Bastiat Prize for Journalism. He lives in Nashville, where he also writes about the city's music and culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: PublicAffairs, U.S.
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 206mm x 138mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 444g
• ISBN-13: 9781541774537
• ISBN-10: 1541774531
• Artikelnr.: 60072881