{"product_id":"thin-blue-rage-the-police-countermovement","title":"Thin Blue Rage: The Police Countermovement","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThin Blue Rage: The Police Countermovement\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAndrew Crosby\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781773638089\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eFernwood Publishing\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2026\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e208\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolicing 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 sport harmful \"thin blue line\" symbology depicting their role as guardians of civilization against disorder -- with poor, racialized, and progressive people squarely on the wrong side. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Fernwood Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Thin Blue Rage: The Police Countermovement | Andrew Crosby | Paperback | 9781773638089 | New | Politics 1756845","offer_id":49228833849496,"sku":"1756845","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81VoFBq8t0L.jpg?v=1781193913","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/thin-blue-rage-the-police-countermovement","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}