Policing the Pandemic: How Public Health Becomes Public Order

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Lambros Fatsis (City, University of London) Melayna Lamb (Independent writer and academic based in London)

Policing the Pandemic

How Public Health Becomes Public Order

Lambros Fatsis (City, University of London), Melayna Lamb (Independent writer and academic based in London)

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Policy Press
07 December 2021

Penology & punishment; Political control & freedoms; Public health & safety law

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inadequacies of the state's response to public health and public order issues through deeply flawed legislation.

Written in the context of the #Blacklivesmatter protests, this book explores why law enforcement responses to a public health emergency are prioritised over welfare provision and what this tells us about the state's criminal justice institutions.

Informing scholarly, civic and activist thinking on the political nature of policing, it reveals how increasing police powers disproportionately affects black people and suggests alternative ways of designing public safety beyond a law enforcement context.

'Makes a compelling case for a critical assessment of what the COVID-19 pandemic can tell us about policing, health and governance all of the time. Lively, topical and precisely what we need.' - Peter Squires, University of Brighton

By: Lambros Fatsis (City University of London), Melayna Lamb (Independent writer and academic based in London)
Imprint: Policy Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm,
ISBN: 9781447361077
ISBN 10: 1447361075
Pages: 148
Publication Date: 07 December 2021
Audience: General/trade , General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. Policing 'the public' as a virus 2. The order of public health 3. Safety without police: an abolitionist provocation

Lambros Fatsis is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at City, University of London. His research fuses Cultural Criminology with Black radical thought, focusing on police racism and the criminalisation of Black music subcultures. His co-authored book with Mark Carrigan, The Public and Their Platforms Public Sociology in an Era of Social Media is published by Bristol University Press. Melayna Lamb is a Lecturer at the University of Law, London. Her research interests span the fields and intersections of political philosophy, critical theory and Black radical thought. Her monograph, A Philosophical History of Police Power is forthcoming with Bloomsbury.

Reviews for Policing the Pandemic: How Public Health Becomes Public Order

"""Succinct, accessible, and informative for students and professionals alike, 'Policing the Pandemic is key for imagining an abolitionist present and future that promotes care, community, and safety disentangled from policing's security and order"" Crime Media Culture"