Gregory Roberts is a foreign affairs officer at the U.S. State Department and previously served as a historian at the U.S. Army Center of Military History. He received his PhD from Yale University in 2013 and was a 2010-2011 Fulbright scholar in Italy.

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AcknowledgmentsList of FiguresA Note on UsageAbbreviationsIntroductionPolice as a Mode of GovernancePolice and Impersonal RulesThe Plan of the BookWorks CitedChapter 1: Police Power in the Italian CommunesThe Podestà's HouseholdPolice Patrols and InspectionsThe Legal Process: From Detention to TrialA Comparison of Selected DataConclusion: Policing and Hegemonic JusticeWorks CitedChapter 2: Police Discretion and Personal AutonomySocial IdentityPolitical StatusFactual MattersLegal PresumptionsPolice JurisdictionMitigating FactorsConclusion: The Paradox of ImpersonalityWorks CitedChapter 3: The Logic of Third-Party Policing"To=Pursue and Capture Outlawed Criminals""To=Search for Men Bearing Prohibited Arms""Trustworthy Foreign Men""The Good State of the Commune"Conclusion: A Preventive PoliceWorks CitedChapter 4: External Threats: Policing Out-Groups and CriminalityJudicial ViolenceThe Public InterestOutlaws, Infames, and Men of Ill ReputePolice Patrols as DragnetThe Role of FamaConclusion: A Persecuting Society?Works CitedChapter 5: Internal Threats: Policing Violence and EnmityEnmity and InstabilityPolicing FeudToward a Monopoly on ViolencePreventing EnmityConclusion: Legislating in the Shadow of ViolenceWorks CitedChapter 6: The Social Impact of Third-Party PolicingMandatory RulesLegal LiteracyFear of the FamiliaViolent Self-HelpPolice-Community RelationsPublic CorruptionLegal PrivilegeConclusion: A Legacy of Government CoercionWorks CitedConclusionWorks CitedIndex