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His book explores how police culture, through what he terms “the danger imperative,” fosters aggressive policing practices that disproportionately impact communities of color. Sierra-Arévalo defines the danger imperative that permeates modern U.S. policing as the “cultural preoccupation with violence and officer safety.” (p. 6).
Feb 8, 2024 · Michael Sierra-Arévalo compellingly narrates and deconstructs one of the most powerful public beliefs about American policing today: that it is uniquely dangerous and should thus be inoculated from criticism and real change. Beautifully written and rigorously researched, The Danger Imperative should transform how we understand policing at its ...
- Michael Sierra-Arévalo
- February 08, 2024
With unprecedented access to three police departments and drawing on more than 100 interviews and 1,000 hours on patrol, The Danger Imperative provides vital insight into how police culture shapes officers’ perception and practice of violence.
Clear and Present Danger is a political thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and published on August 17, 1989. A sequel to The Cardinal of the Kremlin (1988), main character Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence in the Central Intelligence Agency , and discovers that he is being kept in the dark by his colleagues who are ...
Feb 13, 2024 · Michael Sierra-Arévalo compellingly narrates and deconstructs one of the most powerful public beliefs about American policing today: that it is uniquely dangerous and should thus be inoculated from criticism and real change.
- 9780.2B
- 02/13/2024
- 368
- Columbia University Press
By leveraging an impressive ethnographic approach, Dr. Sierra-Arévalo provides real-world examples of the danger imperative in action, including tactical imagination, professional attire, remembrance of fallen officers, high profile cases, and command presence--to name a few.
- Michael Sierra-Arévalo
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Feb 13, 2024 · A trailblazing, on-the-ground account of modern policing, this book shows that violence is the logical consequence of an institutional culture that privileges officer survival over public safety.
