Book Review on Police and State Crime in the Americas: Southern and Postcolonial Perspectives

In Police and State Crime in the Americas: Southern and Postcolonial Perspectives the co-editors aim to (1) problematize domi-nant criminological thought by critically examining an often ignored topic such as state crime, (2) highlight the enduring linkages among South, Central and North America and better understand how Southern popula-tions experience policing and state crime within the US and (3) draw on Latin American experts in the South and the lived experiences of Latin American and indigenous populations to triangulate and contextualize social problems that pervade the western hemisphere. The expansiveness of the entries in this collection allows the reader to both receive an intro-duction to many issues in this area while weaving their own connections and understandings. The four parts of the collection (regimes, organiza-tions, crimes and future directions) also show the reader how the editors are thinking about these examples and experiences fitting into overarching theoretical and methodological approaches. At times, it can be challenging to see some of these connections without the guidance of the editors, some-thing that is needed but comes in the concluding chapters.