Painting police power: The transnational semiotics of legitimation and pacification in police murals
Published online on July 03, 2026
Abstract
Crime, Media, Culture, Ahead of Print.
Police around the world sponsor and paint murals to physically and socially engage the communities they police. Drawing from a transnational semiotic analysis, this study reveals how police murals materialize deeply affective landscapes. Despite local ...
Police around the world sponsor and paint murals to physically and socially engage the communities they police. Drawing from a transnational semiotic analysis, this study reveals how police murals materialize deeply affective landscapes. Despite local ...