Police Abuse in Contemporary Democracies
This volume offers a much-needed analysis of police abuse and its implications for our understanding of democracy. Sometimes referred to as police violence or police repression, police abuse occurs in all democracies. It is not an exception or a stage of
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Police Abuse in Contemporary Democracies
Michelle D. Bonner · Guillermina Seri Mary Rose Kubal · Michael Kempa Editors
Police Abuse in Contemporary Democracies
Editors Michelle D. Bonner University of Victoria Victoria, BC, Canada
Mary Rose Kubal St. Bonaventure University St. Bonaventure, NY, USA
Guillermina Seri Union College Schenectady, NY, USA
Michael Kempa University of Ottawa Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Acknowledgements
This book is the result of many conversations, with many people, over many years. We would like to thank all those who contributed to these discussions, including the authors of the chapters in this volume and those who have attended or participated in our panels and workshops at the conferences of the International Political Science Association, Canadian Political Science Association, American Political Science Association, Western Political Science Association, and the Latin American Studies Association. Some people have gone out of their way to help us with various aspects of the compilation and editing of the book. Thank-you especially to Reeta Tremblay, Amy Verdun, as well as Michelle Bonner’s research assistant, Marta Kleiman, who took on many of the detailed tasks involved in copyediting. Thank-you also to the anonymous reviewers for their supportive and thoughtf
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