Policing and Violence in India : Colonial Legacies and Contemporary Realities

Why does India’s police force created under British rule still echo the priorities of a bygone empire? And what is it about this institution tasked with maintaining the law and order that has led to a normalization of daily violence? These are the key questions that inform the analyses in this volume by lawyers academics and activists. Divided into four broad sections it begins by looking at the origins of the modern police force in the 1860s and demonstrates their role in maintaining socio-cult...See More