Policing and Violence in India (Record no. 72411)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789363367531
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name : Samyak Vidyasagar
Distributor address : Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh - 201012
Bill Number : BOS-000544
Bill Date : 06/11/2026
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 363.280954 HEA
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Personal name Heath, Deana (Editor)
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Personal name ; Lokaneeta, Jinee (Editor)
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Policing and Violence in India
Remainder of title : Colonial Origins and Contemporary Realities.
Statement of responsibility, etc / Deana Heath.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc , New Delhi
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Speaking Tiger Books
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 2025.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 367p.
Dimensions 215 x 140 x 18cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 560
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Summary, etc 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?<br/><br/>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 explores how 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 systemic dynamics 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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Questioning its foundational purpose and envisioning pathways to accountability and reform, Policing and Violence in India ignites a long-overdue conversation about the nature of policing in India.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Police brutality - India
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Police misconduct - India
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Colonialism - India
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Personal name Deana Heath Editors
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    Dewey Decimal Classification   Not For Loan SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 12/11/2026 Samyak Vidyasagar 560.00   363.280954 HEA 31982 12/11/2026 12/11/2026 Books
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