{"product_id":"criminalizing-the-casbahs-policing-north-africans-in-marseille-and-algiers-1918-1954-paperback","title":"Criminalizing the Casbahs: Policing North Africans in Marseille and Algiers, 1918-1954 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDanielle Beaujon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCriminalizing the Casbahs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e explores how French police officers in Marseille and Algiers associated the spaces they saw as North African--the \"Casbahs\"--with a particular form of criminality, one they insisted was inherently North African.\u003c\/b\u003e Through local but connected histories of policing in these two cities, Danielle Beaujon traces how police practices mapped the racialization of North African colonial subjects onto urban space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy demarcating and racializing space, the French police created repressive methods for controlling North African bodies while proclaiming to uphold republican ideals of colorblind justice. The invasive, often violent, policing of North Africans in the French Mediterranean blurred the political and the personal, broadening the spectrum of police power with lasting consequences for post-colonial policing. \u003ci\u003eCriminalizing the Casbahs\u003c\/i\u003e shows how patterns of discrimination created in the daily interactions between police officers and North Africans continue to resonate in debates about police accountability in France today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDanielle Beaujon is Assistant Professor of Criminology, Law \u0026amp; Justice and History at University of Illinois Chicago. She is a historian with broad research interests in policing, race, and power in the French Mediterranean Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45525306245222,"sku":"9781501781483","price":72.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/AU9qbPMd1i9781501781483.webp?v=1776592089","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/criminalizing-the-casbahs-policing-north-africans-in-marseille-and-algiers-1918-1954-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}