Policing Iraq
About the Author
Jesse Wozniak is Associate Professor of Sociology at West Virginia University.
Table of Contents
1. Kurds, Criminal Justice, and State Legitimacy
2. The Face of the State: How Police Are Central to Modern Governance
3. "Ninety-Nine Percent of Our Problems Are Due to the Budget": The Lofty Expectations and Dismal Reality of Reconstruction
4. "Nothing on How to Investigate, Nothing on How to Talk to or Deal with People": The Cultural Performance of Policing
5. "If You Have No Degree, You Can Work Here": Qualifications, Consent, and Coercion
6. "The Law Is in One Valley, but Reality Is in a Different Valley": Tribes, Political Parties, and Governments Compete for Control
7. Police, State Making, and Imperialism
Appendix: On Conducting Conflict Research
Notes
References
Index
Reviews
— American Journal of Sociology"Jessie Wozniak’s Policing Iraq presents a sensible and effective central argument that rests on the importance of police effectiveness in war-stricken environments."
"Essential reading for scholars interested in policing and other criminal justice issues in Iraq. Informed by extensive fieldwork, the research presented here is an excellent resource that should influence future scholarship on criminal justice systems in countries undergoing various forms of transition."—Nathan Pino, coauthor of Globalization, Police Reform and Development
"Wozniak has produced a rare gem—a book rooted in grounded data and analysis from inside the US effort to secure its footing in Iraq. Its implications for the future of exporting US policing internationally are daunting."—Peter Kraska, author of Militarizing the American Criminal Justice System