Cops, Crime and Capitalism: The Law-And-Order Agenda in Canada

by Todd Gordon

Book Overview

This analysis explores law-and-order policing as a central point of capitalist state power, arguing that crime-fighting is not the principle aim of contemporary law and order policing--rather, the aim is the Production of a new, neoliberal capitalist order based on the restructuring of social relations. Two case studies provide a close-up look at the impact of such policing as a means of social control.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552661857
• ISBN13: 9781552661857
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"