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Published in: HomeExtraordinary rendition and secret prisons in the context of the Arab SpringWould it be too naive to hope that the Arab Spring might have a positive impact on our ability to hold, and tenacity...
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Published in: openSecurityTime to end exceptional security policies targeting Muslims: they don't work
Contemporary counter-terrorist policies often discriminate directly or indirectly against Muslims, as the recent...
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Published in: Shine A LightPolice — peacekeepers or law-enforcers?
Towards a rediscovery of policing’s social role
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Published in: HomeThe veteran's tale: homeless in the homeland
Many former American soldiers find it hard to readjust to civilian life. Now budget cuts to designated housing...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain's policing: Kettling 2.0 and the Olympic State of ExceptionKettling, a controversial tactic used to contain protestors, now has an ugly sister: the steel police cordon,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKMy evening with the London Met Police Commissioner
An activist, with her own vivid personal experiences of London policing, meets the man in charge: Bernard...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKKeeping our spies under scrutiny
The British government is proposing to introduce controls over the security forces. Peter Evans, formerly an...
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Published in: HomeThe History of Police Militarization in the US
On Monday, November 28, 2011, students at UC-Davis occupied Dutton Hall, the University's financial center, and held...
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Published in: Shine A Light'Fuck the police!' Working-class youth and the routine abuse of power
For many, the 'boys in blue' are a brutal force who use their powers to punish and wreak revenge. England's riots...
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Published in: Shine A LightSandwiches, Red Bull and Public Support: police officers talk about England's riotsA fortnight after a peaceful protest against the shooting dead of Mark Duggan sparked four days of rioting across...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK'Police prevarication sparked the UK's Tottenham riots'
After the police shot a man dead in London last week, they showed disregard for the feelings of his family, which...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCampus counter-terrorism: student-led or top-down?
The issue of counter-terrorism in Britain's universities has been raised again as the government finally publishes...
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Published in: Shine A LightTactical Questioning: Scenes from the Baha Mousa Enquiry
A review of Tricycle Theatre's dramatisation of the public inquiry into the death of Baha Mousa, an innocent Iraqi...
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Published in: Shine A LightBeating the Retreat: how much longer for Britain’s child soldiers?
As the Armed Forces Bill reaches its final stages, we have one last chance to stop Britain recruiting under 18s
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Published in: openSecurityThe fiery birth of the Prevent counter-terrorism strategy: England's Summer of Discontent, ten years onAs the UK government reviews its counter-terrorism, counter-radicalisation strategy, Jonathan Githens-Mazer and...
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Published in: 50.50The security sector: an awkward space for engagement
Alongside powerful arguments against militarism, we are hearing an increasingly significant voice from within the...
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Published in: 50.50Perpetuation and perpetration: the momentum of violence
So many armed men began their lives as victims of loss and grief. So many have gone on to become the source of...
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Published in: 50.50Who do they think they are? War rapists as people
War is social, and examining soldier identity and male bonding may give us insight into how the incidence of sexual...
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Published in: oDRThe Russians in Afghanistan: part IIIn the second part of exclusive extracts from "Afgantsy", Rodric Braithwaite focuses on the soldiers who served in...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKReporting a riot in Britain: how the police spun the battle of Stokes CroftMedia coverage of unrest in the south west of England on Friday was littered with inaccuracies. The lackluster...
