Book Review: Police and the Empire City: Race and the Origins of Modern Policing in New York by Matthew Guariglia

Authors

Trevor George Gardner, Washington University in St. Louis School of LawFollow

Document Type

Book Review

Language

English (en)

Publication Date

2025

Publication Title

American Historical Review

Abstract

Criminologists often study the policing of racial minorities apart from the policing of immigrants. In Police and the Empire City, Matthew Guariglia takes this to be an analytical mistake principally because the two modes of policing show striking similarities. No less important, their respective histories in the United States appear to be intertwined and codependent. Guariglia advances these various arguments through a history of policing in New York City.

Keywords

New York City, Policing History, Policing of Racial Minorities, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure

Publication Citation

Trevor Gardner, Book Review, Police and the Empire City: Race and the Origins of Modern Policing in New York by Matthew Guariglia, 130 Am. Hist. Rev. 976 (2025)

Comments

Available at publisher's site: https://academic.oup.com/ahr/article/130/2/976/8158807

Repository Citation

Gardner, Trevor George, "Book Review: Police and the Empire City: Race and the Origins of Modern Policing in New York by Matthew Guariglia" (2025). Scholarship@WashULaw. 943.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_scholarship/943