{"product_id":"thin-blue-lie-the-failure-of-high-tech-policing-9781250260642","title":"Thin Blue Lie: The Failure of High-Tech Policing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"An incisive, muckraking expos  of the 'police industrial complex.'\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmerican law enforcement is a system in crisis. After explosive protests responding to police brutality and discrimination in Baltimore, Ferguson, and across the country, debate over ways to reform the police continues to rage. For all the disagreement, though, people on both the left and right mostly take for granted that innovative technologies can only help. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Matt Stroud's deeply reported book demonstrates, however, tools such as Tasers and body cameras are overhyped and often ineffective. Instead of wrestling with fundamental questions about their work, police leaders have looked to technology as a silver bullet, and allowed corporate interests to insinuate themselves ever deeper into the public institution of law enforcement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVividly tracing the development and deployment of these technologies, from the infamous Rodney King beating to the present, \u003ci\u003eThin Blue Lie\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand how policing became what it is today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Metropolitan Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250260642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.70w x 0.70d","brand":"Matt Stroud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648731082908,"sku":"9781250260642","price":17.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c69f971c-fa5d-4c4a-b76b-f76e452748b1.jpg?v=1603870868","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/thin-blue-lie-the-failure-of-high-tech-policing-9781250260642","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}