Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the state of research of police militarization in
the USA to explore the claim that the police are becoming more like the military, or …

Democratic policing today is a widely used approach to policing not only in Western
societies but increasingly around the world. Yet it is rarely defined and it is little understood …

In Violence Work Micol Seigel offers a new theorization of the quintessential incarnation of
state power: the police. Foregrounding the interdependence of policing, the state, and global …

This work examines the blurring distinctions between the police and military institutions and
between war and law enforcement. In this article, the author asserts that understanding this …

In the mid-1990s, two separate surveys of the Police Paramilitary Units (PPUs) were
undertaken, which have been used to assert that police are becoming militarised. The …

American policing demonstrates both continuity and change. A high degree of
decentralization persists, as do bureaucratic structures of larger police agencies. The …

This study examines public perceptions of police militarization, specifically whether
individuals believe police are too militarized, and support for practices associated with …

There has been considerable discussion since September 11 of the enormous resource that
local police potentially represent in the fight against terrorism. This article identifies limits to …

The process-based model dominates contemporary American research on police-
community relations and perceptions of police. A sizable literature has examined the …

About three decades ago, a few American police leaders caught the wave of community
policing reform, and now just about everybody has gone surfing. If recent nationwide polls of …