Meaning of policification | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act or process of subjecting to police and policing.
   uncountable
2. The act or process of making more police-like.
   uncountable

Examples

“[…]policification of the city. There are 20,000 law enforcement officers in L.A. LAPD's Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH⟳) program⟳ routinely conducts "field interviews" in which nonwhite youth are forced to […]”

“[…]policification of every aspect of life in New York City. Under the Giuliani administration, thousands of teenagers have⟳ been busted and booked for holding subway doors and sitting on their own⟳ stoops. The police have⟳ a green light⟳ to[…]”

“[…]"policification" of the military mandate (Crelinsten 1998: 399–400). A country's armed forces are trained for an external security role and should be used only in emergencies where maximum use⟳ of force⟳ is needed.”

“[…]"policification" of the military is indicative of any overarching idea to merge. They are adaptive measures, and indicators of the increasing difficulty, and urgency, of urbanized social control⟳. The American troops in Iraq can[…]”

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