police Archives - The American Scholar

Dopers in Uniform

By Charlotte Salley | 01/05/2018 |

An excerpt from John Hoberman’s investigation into the hidden world of police on steroids

Robocops and Robbers

By Jill Leovy | 03/06/2017 |

Criminal justice in the age of digital spying and surveillance

Gratitude for a Femme Fatale

By Peter Carlson | 12/05/2016 |

An excerpt from Peter Carlson’s memoir-in-progress

Traffic Stop

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | 09/28/2016 |

Common Sense

By Robert Wilson | 02/29/2016 |

It’s time for police officers to start demanding gun laws that could end up saving their own lives