Peter K. Manning

Northeastern University, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Faculty Member

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Policing the Southern Chinese Seaboard

by Jeffrey T Martin and Peter K. Manning

For scholars of crime, law and social change, one of the more interesting aspects of globalizatio... more For scholars of crime, law and social change, one of the more interesting aspects of globalization is the way it produces new regulatory regimes. Markets, it seems, are not natural forces; they must be created. And the creation of a new market depends, in no small part, on the formation of a governing system capable of securing its new forms of property, rationalizing its new relations of domination, and organizing its new system of exchange. The emergence of a new regulatory regime is fascinating to watch anywhere, but perhaps the most intriguing place in which to explore the process is one of the sort that Mary Louise Pratt called “contact zones” (Pratt 1992), i.e. sites in which radically different economies of meaning encounter one another, find a footing for engagement across their differences, and set about exploiting the new possibilities afforded by combination and hybridity. The Southern Chinese Seaboard is such a contact zone. It has been for a very long time and, as such, holds a position of core significance in the history of modern Chinese policing. This special issue is a first step towards telling the story of policing in this region, and reflecting on how that story matters for our understanding of policing in China and, indeed, the world.

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Police: A Sociology of Knowledge Approach

by Jeffrey T Martin and Peter K. Manning

The sociology of the police concerns the study of the institution of policing, its structure, fun... more The sociology of the police concerns the study of the institution of policing, its structure, function, and evolution. This focus requires a sociology of knowledge, a framework that highlights how social factors shape current knowledge of police. The concept of police is a contested one and often assumed without definition. Its functions are associated with governance in general and the executive function in particular. The public policing form assembled by Robert Peel, a visible, reactive force, is an assumed paradigm for much police research, but it is one of several types of policing, and contrasts with high policing concerned with national security. Internationally, broad types or ‘families’ of policing have emerged as a result of colonialism. Four specific types of police are common in Western democracies: private policing, pubic policing, hybrid policing, and outsourcing or paying organizations to carry out functions previously restricted to police agencies. Metaphors for studying policing, such as dramaturgy, the policing web, and nodal policing, highlight selected features of the policing function. Many external factors shape policing and the future role and function of the police, given new forms of crime, is unpredictable.

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