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Thin Blue Rage: The Police Countermovement

Thin Blue Rage: The Police Countermovement

Crosby, Andrew
Monaghan, Jeffrey

Paperback

CriminologyGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1773638084
ISBN13: 9781773638089
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
Published: May 5 2026
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Policing agencies in Canada continue to face criticism over their outsized use of violence in response to encampments of unhoused people, protests against police brutality, and sites of environmental activism and Indigenous land defence. Feeling victimized and misunderstood, police officers increasingly rally behind the idea of a thin blue line, characterizing themselves as guardians of civilization against disorder -- with poor, racialized, and progressive people squarely on the wrong side of the line.

With meticulous historical, theoretical, and empirical detail, this deeply researched text recasts police as a social movement-in-power rather than a neutral public institution. It explores key debates in policing literature alongside contemporary examples of policing's ideological dimensions, including communications practices, membership structures, and political campaigning. Linking police identity with far-right perceptions of victimhood and alienation, Thin Blue Rage analyzes police's defensive anger towards a public they see as not understanding or supporting how they function.

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