The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy by Jessica Pishko

The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy

Jessica Pishko

476 pages • first pub 2024 (view editions)

nonfiction politics sociology informative slow-paced
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A leading authority on sheriffs investigates the impunity with which they police their communities, alongside the troubling role they play in American life, law enforcement, and, increasingly, national politics.The figure of the American sheriff h...

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