Legalized police impunity in the modern carceral state
Published online on April 25, 2026
Abstract
Punishment & Society, Ahead of Print.
The extant state crime literature does not theorize the legalized production of police impunity within the contemporary carceral state. Building on policing scholarship that has considered the role of law in enabling police impunity, I contend that police ...
The extant state crime literature does not theorize the legalized production of police impunity within the contemporary carceral state. Building on policing scholarship that has considered the role of law in enabling police impunity, I contend that police ...