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This innovative compilation focuses upon policing across the Portuguese Empire and subsequent Lusophone contexts. It underlines how modernity has been marked by policing skills and practices that were forged in earlier processes of colonialism. The lethal violence perpetrated by police units also cannot be reduced to Stoler's 'Imperial Debris' but must also be framed within trends of police professionalisation. The collection also includes fascinating narratives of 'militarized humanitarianism' that help us to both understand and interpret current states of emergency. Emmanuel Blanchard, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France Until now, the field of Police Studies has not had a definitive account of the Portuguese colonial empire and its effects on the global dynamics of policing. This book is an excellent example of critical interdisciplinary scholarship that casts new and welcome light on to European colonialism and colonial policing. James Sheptycki, McLaughlin College, York University, Toronto, Canada `O'Reilly has carefully and considerately put together a collection of ten substantive essays and three expert commentaries that provide an engaging narrative structure, with a natural and coherent flow from concept to concept...O'Reilly's insightful use of poignant and well-crafted interstitial expert commentary helps to solidify the already strong narrative structure, refreshingly elevating the cohesion of this collection of essays to a level rarely seen. Given the relative infancy of the field of police studies in general, it is hardly surprising that colonial policing-let alone that of the Lusosphere-has largely escaped scholarly scrutiny. Yet, that is precisely what makes Colonial Policing and the Transnational Legacy such an interesting volume, as it provides a nuanced, distinctive and deeply informative view of policing beyond the Anglosphere that is bound to expand the field of policin

This innovative compilation focuses upon policing across the Portuguese Empire and subsequent Lusophone contexts. It underlines how modernity has been marked by policing skills and practices that were forged in earlier processes of colonialism. The lethal violence perpetrated by police units also cannot be reduced to Stoler's 'Imperial Debris' but must also be framed within trends of police professionalisation. The collection also includes fascinating narratives of 'militarized humanitarianism' that help us to both understand and interpret current states of emergency. Emmanuel Blanchard, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France Until now, the field of Police Studies has not had a definitive account of the Portuguese colonial empire and its effects on the global dynamics of policing. This book is an excellent example of critical interdisciplinary scholarship that casts new and welcome light on to European colonialism and colonial policing. James Sheptycki, McLaughlin College, York University, Toronto, Canada

This innovative compilation focuses upon policing across the Portuguese Empire and subsequent Lusophone contexts. It underlines how modernity has been marked by policing skills and practices that were forged in earlier processes of colonialism. The lethal violence perpetrated by police units also cannot be reduced to Stoler's 'Imperial Debris' but must also be framed within trends of police professionalisation. The collection also includes fascinating narratives of 'militarized humanitarianism' that help us to both understand and interpret current states of emergency. Emmanuel Blanchard, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France Until now, the field of Police Studies has not had a definitive account of the Portuguese colonial empire and its effects on the global dynamics of policing. This book is an excellent example of critical interdisciplinary scholarship that casts new and welcome light on to European colonialism and colonial policing. James Sheptycki, McLaughlin College, York University, Toronto, Canada `O'Reilly has carefully and considerately put together a collection of ten substantive essays and three expert commentaries that provide an engaging narrative structure, with a natural and coherent flow from concept to concept...O'Reilly's insightful use of poignant and well-crafted interstitial expert commentary helps to solidify the already strong narrative structure, refreshingly elevating the cohesion of this collection of essays to a level rarely seen. Given the relative infancy of the field of police studies in general, it is hardly surprising that colonial policing-let alone that of the Lusosphere-has largely escaped scholarly scrutiny. Yet, that is precisely what makes Colonial Policing and the Transnational Legacy such an interesting volume, as it provides a nuanced, distinctive and deeply informative view of policing beyond the Anglosphere that is bound to expand the field of policing studies, and is one that should be read by every serious policing scholar.' British Journal of Criminology, March 2018 'Traces of the past are found in the present, in the continued (re)construction of identities and in practices built around them. Explorations of these legacies offered in O'Reilly's edited collection provide valuable insights into not only colonial policing and its development over time in Lusophone communities, but of its relevance to policing today.' Criminology & Criminal Justice, January 2019. 'The book is an excellent and much needed addition to the emerging body of scholarship on the global entanglements of contemporary policing, with their deep roots in the histories of colonialism and empire. In focusing on the often neglected imperial power structures-and their afterlife- shaping policing in the Lusophone community, the contributors offer rich case studies and demonstrate the necessity and benefits of a multi-disciplinary and mixed methodological approach for uncovering colonial policing's transnational legacy.' Policing & Society, August 2019. '...as a researcher whose own knowledge of colonial and transnational policing is largely derived from the Anglophone tradition, I found the volume eye-opening. It will undoubtedly appeal to scholars and students with an interest in both historical and comparative aspects of policing along with critical scholars in search of different ways of thinking about how coercive power is manifested between the metropole and its peripheries.' Theoretical Criminology, October 2019. This innovative compilation focuses upon policing across the Portuguese Empire and subsequent Lusophone contexts. It underlines how modernity has been marked by policing skills and practices that were forged in earlier processes of colonialism. The lethal violence perpetrated by police units also cannot be reduced to Stoler's 'Imperial Debris' but must also be framed within trends of police professionalisation. The collection also includes fascinating narratives of 'militarized humanitarianism' that help us to both understand and interpret current states of emergency. Emmanuel Blanchard, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France Until now, the field of Police Studies has not had a definitive account of the Portuguese colonial empire and its effects on the global dynamics of policing. This book is an excellent example of critical interdisciplinary scholarship that casts new and welcome light on to European colonialism and colonial policing. James Sheptycki, McLaughlin College, York University, Toronto, Canada `O'Reilly has carefully and considerately put together a collection of ten substantive essays and three expert commentaries that provide an engaging narrative structure, with a natural and coherent flow from concept to concept...O'Reilly's insightful use of poignant and well-crafted interstitial expert commentary helps to solidify the already strong narrative structure, refreshingly elevating the cohesion of this collection of essays to a level rarely seen. Given the relative infancy of the field of police studies in general, it is hardly surprising that colonial policing-let alone that of the Lusosphere-has largely escaped scholarly scrutiny. Yet, that is precisely what makes Colonial Policing and the Transnational Legacy such an interesting volume, as it provides a nuanced, distinctive and deeply informative view of policing beyond the Anglosphere that is bound to expand the field of policing studies, and is one that should be read by every serious policing scholar.' British Journal of Criminology, March 2018 'Traces of the past are found in the present, in the continued (re)construction of identities and in practices built around them. Explorations of these legacies offered in O'Reilly's edited collection provide valuable insights into not only colonial policing and its development over time in Lusophone communities, but of its relevance to policing today.' Criminology & Criminal Justice, January 2019. 'The book is an excellent and much needed addition to the emerging body of scholarship on the global entanglements of contemporary policing, with their deep roots in the histories of colonialism and empire. In focusing on the often neglected imperial power structures-and their afterlife- shaping policing in the Lusophone community, the contributors offer rich case studies and demonstrate the necessity and benefits of a multi-disciplinary and mixed methodological approach for uncovering colonial policing's transnational legacy.' Policing & Society, August 2019. '...as a researcher whose own knowledge of colonial and transnational policing is largely derived from the Anglophone tradition, I found the volume eye-opening. It will undoubtedly appeal to scholars and students with an interest in both historical and comparative aspects of policing along with critical scholars in search of different ways of thinking about how coercive power is manifested between the metropole and its peripheries.' Theoretical Criminology, October 2019. 'this edited volume as a whole is an example to be followed when it comes to convincingly grounding global dynamics of policing in specific histories, politics, and places. On account of the fine-grained and empirically rich contributions that compose it, this book should be of great interest to scholars and practitioners working on its key themes or interested in following the many pathways it opens for further research on Lusophone colonial and post-colonial policing.' Policing - A Journal of Policy and Practice, Volume 15, Issue 1, March 2021.

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Conor O’Reilly is Associate Professor in Transnational Crime and Security at the School of Law, University of Leeds. His research interests focus upon the transnational dynamics of crime, policing and security. He has published widely on these and related research themes in leading journals, including: British Journal of Criminology; Crime, Law and Social Change; International Political Sociology; Police Quarterly; and Theoretical Criminology. He is also author of the forthcoming monograph, Policing Global Risks: The Transnational Security Consultancy Industry. He has worked on a range of international research projects, including the COPP-LAB project on Lusophone policing, and is currently leading a three-year project on kidnapping in Mexico.

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