{"product_id":"policing-and-violence-in-india-colonial-legacies-and-contemporary-realities-paperback","title":"Policing and Violence in India: Colonial Legacies and Contemporary Realities - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeana Heath\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJinee Lokaneeta\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA timely and comprehensive book, with essays by leading scholars, on the urgent need to address police violence in India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy does India's police force, created under British rule, still echo the priorities of a bygone empire? And what is it about this institution, tasked with maintaining the law and order, that has led to a normalization of daily violence?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are the key questions that inform the analyses in this volume by lawyers, academics and activists. Divided into four broad sections, it begins by looking at the origins of the modern police force in the 1860s and demonstrates their role in maintaining socio-cultural, economic and political hierarchies even in post-Independence India. The second section explores\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehow the law and legal infrastructure, as well as the bureaucracy in India, work to effectively facilitate police violence and to further marginalize and criminalize certain groups, like lower castes and Muslims. The penultimate section complicates this picture, examining how police violence is shaped by historical ambivalence towards democracy, the personal and systemic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edynamics between police personnel and the accused, and the fraught identity of police in conflict zones like Kashmir, where authority is both granted and withheld by the state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final section contains interviews of and reflections by prominent critics of police violence, including former Haryana DGP V.N. Rai and Abdul Wahid Shaikh, falsely accused of involvement in the 2006 Mumbai blasts. Questioning its foundational purpose and envisioning pathways to accountability and reform, Policing and Violence in India ignites a long-overdue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econversation about the nature of policing in India.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48170713547011,"sku":"9789363366473","price":1067493.08,"currency_code":"IDR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/9310\/7359\/files\/nAKIKxs1te9789363366473.webp?v=1779162903","url":"https:\/\/annizon.com\/en-id\/products\/policing-and-violence-in-india-colonial-legacies-and-contemporary-realities-paperback","provider":"annizon.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}