“Move Along, Nothing to See Here”: Police visuality, the right to look, and the right to maim
Published online on April 17, 2026
Abstract
Crime, Media, Culture, Ahead of Print.
At demonstrations and uprisings throughout the world, police and military mete out punishment via a particular form of violence that is designed not to kill, but rather to maim. This paper examines this understudied dimension of the police power in the ...
At demonstrations and uprisings throughout the world, police and military mete out punishment via a particular form of violence that is designed not to kill, but rather to maim. This paper examines this understudied dimension of the police power in the ...