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Policing and Violence in India
By Deana Heath
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Why does India's police force, created under British rule, still echo the priorities of a bygone empire? And what is it about this institution, tasked with maintaining the law and order, that has led to a normalization of daily violence?These are the key questions that inform the analyses in this volume by lawyers, academics and activists. Divided into four broad sections, it begins by looking at the origins of the modern police force in the 1860s and demonstrates their role in maintaining socio-cultural, economic and political hierarchies even in post-Independence India. The second section exploreshow the law and legal infrastructure, as well as the bureaucracy in India, work to effectively facilitate police violence and to further marginalize and criminalize certain groups, like lower castes and Muslims. The penultimate section complicates this picture, examining how police violence is shaped by historical ambivalence towards democracy, the personal and systemicdynamics between police personnel and the accused, and the fraught identity of police in conflict zones like Kashmir, where authority is both granted and withheld by the state.The final section contains interviews of and reflections by prominent critics of police violence, including former Haryana DGP V.N. Rai and Abdul Wahid Shaikh, falsely accused of involvement in the 2006 Mumbai blasts. Questioning its foundational purpose and envisioning pathways to accountability and reform, Policing and Violence in India ignites a long-overdueconversation about the nature of policing in India.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
368
Release Date:
2025-03-10
Publication Date:
2025-03-10
Publisher:
Speaking Tiger Books
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
9363366472
ISBN13:
9789363366473
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Weight:
519 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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