Concept information
Preferred term
political policing
Definition
- Political policing, though it might have had its genesis in previous American and European history, is seen as a 20th-century phenomenon. Political policing is defined as the police's curbing of political expressions and activities of the people, which can be in the form of protests, demonstrations, sit-ins, town hall meetings, walks, and others. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Political Policing]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/political_policing
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