Policing the Pandemic: How Public Health Becomes Public Order

by Lambros Fatsis and Melayna Lamb

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inadequacies of the state's response to public health and public order issues through deeply flawed legislation. Written in the context of the #BlackLivesMatter protests, this book explores why law enforcement responses to a public health emergency are prioritised over welfare provision and what this tells us about the state's criminal justice institutions. Informing scholarly, civic and activist thinking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447361075
• ISBN13: 9781447361077
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"