Policing the open road : how cars transformed American freedom / Sarah A. Seo.

By:

Seo, Sarah A, 1980-

Publication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.Description: 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9780674980860
0674980867

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

GV54 .L62 S467 2019

Contents:

A "mystery of traffic" -- From "lumbering foot patrolmen" to "motor-mounted policemen" -- The automotive Fourth Amendment -- "It could happen to you" -- The right to "privacy in public" -- The Fourth Amendment tool in criminal patrol.

Summary: Policing the Open Road examines how the rise of the car, that symbol of American personal freedom, inadvertently led to ever more intrusive policing--with disastrous consequences for racial equality in our criminal justice system. When Americans think of freedom, they often picture the open road. Yet nowhere are we more likely to encounter the long arm of the law than in our cars. Sarah Seo reveals how the rise of the automobile transformed American freedom in radical ways, leading us to accept--and expect--pervasive police power. As Policing the Open Road makes clear, this expectation has had far-reaching political and legal consequences.--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Policing the Open Road examines how the rise of the car, that symbol of American personal freedom, inadvertently led to ever more intrusive policing--with disastrous consequences for racial equality in our criminal justice system. When Americans think of freedom, they often picture the open road. Yet nowhere are we more likely to encounter the long arm of the law than in our cars. Sarah Seo reveals how the rise of the automobile transformed American freedom in radical ways, leading us to accept--and expect--pervasive police power. As Policing the Open Road makes clear, this expectation has had far-reaching political and legal consequences.--Provided by publisher.

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