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"All These Crazies": Right-Wing Anti-Authoritarian Politics and the Targeting of Public Police.

Authors :
Huey, Laura
Ferguson, Lorna
Source :
Deviant Behavior. Feb2025, Vol. 46 Issue 2, p232-251. 20p.
Publication Year :
2025

Abstract

Drawing on a dataset comprised of 67 interviews with police personnel across Canada, as well as documents, videos and social media content, this paper examines five different types of "harms" perpetrated against police officers by individuals and groups espousing right-wing anti-authoritarian beliefs. The harms identified are: 1. actions intended to overwhelm and drain police, 2. cop-baiting, 3. doxing, 4. legal and pseudo-legal harassment and 5. politically motivated violence. Aside from presenting impacts on individual officers, this paper also considers some of the larger potential effects on the institution as a whole. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01639625
Volume :
46
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Deviant Behavior
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
182438149
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2024.2338890