Bibliograph

Policing the city, an ethno-graphic, text: Didier Fassin with Frédéric Debomy ; art: Jake Raynal ; translated from the French by Rachel Gomme

Type

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Policing the city, an ethno-graphic, text: Didier Fassin with Frédéric Debomy ; art: Jake Raynal ; translated from the French by Rachel Gomme

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Policing the city

Nature of contents

comics graphic novels

Oclc number

1264752318

Responsibility statement

text: Didier Fassin with Frédéric Debomy ; art: Jake Raynal ; translated from the French by Rachel Gomme

Sub title

an ethno-graphic

Summary

"Adapted from the landmark essay Enforcing Order, this striking graphic novel offers an accessible inside look at policing and how it leads to discrimination and violence. What we know about the forces of law and order often comes from dramatic episodes that make the headlines, or from sensationalized versions for film and television. These gripping accounts can obscure a crucial aspect of police work: the tedium of everyday patrols and paperwork, under a constant pressure to meet numbers. Around the time of the 2005 French riots, anthropologist and sociologist Didier Fassin spent fifteen months observing up close the daily life of an anti-crime squad in one of the largest precincts in the Paris region. His unprecedented study, which sparked intense discussion about policing in the largely working-class, immigrant suburbs, remains acutely relevant in light of all-too-common incidents of police brutality against minorities. This new, powerfully illustrated adaptation clearly presents the insights of Fassin's investigation, and draws connections to the challenges we face today"--, Provided by publisher

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