TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mars,Joan R.
TI  - Deadly force, colonialism, and the rule of law: police violence in Guyana 
T2  - Contributions in comparative colonial studies,
SN  - 0313012725
AV  - HV8189.3.A3 M37 2002eb
U1  - 363.2/32 22
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Westport, CT
PB  - Greenwood Press
KW  - Police brutality
KW  - Guyana
KW  - History
KW  - Police
KW  - Brutalités policières
KW  - Histoire
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Political Freedom & Security
KW  - Law Enforcement
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Polizei
KW  - gnd
KW  - Gewalt
KW  - Politie
KW  - gtt
KW  - Politiek geweld
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Contextual and Theoretical Framework -- 2. Research Design and Methods -- 3. The Social and Political History of Guyana -- 4. The Evolution of Policing in Colonial Guyana -- 5. The Socio-Political Environment and the Rule of Law -- 6. Contemporary Police Violence in Guyana -- 7. Discussion and Conclusions: The Contextual Approach -- App. A. Geographical Map of Guyana -- App. B. Twenty-four Cases of Police-caused Homicide in Guyana, 1980 to 1994
N2  - Annotation; Examines police violence in Guyana through consideration of the social, political, and legal structure of the nation; Annotation; The legacy of colonialism and its influence on policing and society is of crucial significance in developing an explanation for police violence and police-caused homicide in post-colonial countries such as Guyana. Mars applies a contextual approach, grounded in the conflict theoretical perspective, to explain and understand variations in police violence over time, and she extends her study to include the social, political, and legal structure in which such actions are embedded. Her findings support the notion that police violence is a function of decades of coercive state rule under British colonialism, as well as the state's legitimization of violence in police work
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