Meaning of policify | Babel Free

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To subject to policification.

Examples

“[…], adequately funded , and limited in number⟳ so that the military does not become⟳ increasingly “policified." The military may also benefit from participation in international peacekeeping operations, which […]”

“[…]"policified" or the police officials "socialized" to the need⟳ for positive social reform⟳ is, of course, difficult to determine⟳.”

“[…]a sheet with numerous (mug-shot) photographs. It looks very 'policified', if I can use⟳ that term.”

“But there are different rationales to policify the society. A recent experience⟳ of mine illustrates this new reality. The other day I traded on racial privilege in the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) station. I saw⟳ these BART police, these paramilitary BART cops, who[…]”

“[…] police practices […] "policify" them [favelas]. Rather than normalizing notions of legality, or "prisonizing" the poor, police practices in favelas contribute⟳ to wider discourses of disorder and danger, and function as a mechanism by which social anxieties are[…]”

“We've talked a lot about the militarization of policing. This is probably best termed the criminalizing or policifying of school.”

“[…]"policified” version of what I had told him, using different terminology in places, and asked questions relevant to the satisfaction of established criminal law criteria. For example: 'did I feel⟳ threatened?' I was also asked to describe⟳[…]”

“[…]"policified.” The two soldiers in the film therefore resemble⟳ security contractors more than they do infantrymen.”

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