Policing the open road : how cars transformed American freedom / Sarah A. Seo.
2019
KF2230 .S46 2019
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Author
Title
Policing the open road : how cars transformed American freedom / Sarah A. Seo.
Imprint
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Copyright
©2019
Description
339 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Formatted Contents Note
A mystery of traffic
From lumbering foot patrolmen to motor-mounted policemen
The automotive Fourth Amendment
It could happen to you
The right to privacy in public
The Fourth Amendment tool in criminal patrol.
From lumbering foot patrolmen to motor-mounted policemen
The automotive Fourth Amendment
It could happen to you
The right to privacy in public
The Fourth Amendment tool in criminal patrol.
Summary
Policing the Open Road examines how the rise of the car, that symbol of American personal freedom, inadvertently led to ever more intrusive policing--with disastrous consequences for racial equality in our criminal justice system. When Americans think of freedom, they often picture the open road. Yet nowhere are we more likely to encounter the long arm of the law than in our cars. Sarah Seo reveals how the rise of the automobile transformed American freedom in radical ways, leading us to accept--and expect--pervasive police power. As Policing the Open Road makes clear, this expectation has had far-reaching political and legal consequences.-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available in Other Form
Course Lists
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Call Number
KF2230 .S46 2019
Language
English
ISBN
9780674980860 hardcover alkaline paper
0674980867 hardcover alkaline paper
0674980867 hardcover alkaline paper
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