Title Policing the open road : how cars transformed American freedom / Sarah A. Seo.

Publication Info.	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
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Summary	Policing the Open Road examines how the rise of the car, that symbol of American personal freedom, inadvertently led to ever more intrusive policing--with disastrous consequences for racial equality in our criminal justice system. When Americans think of freedom, they often picture the open road. Yet nowhere are we more likely to encounter the long arm of the law than in our cars. Sarah Seo reveals how the rise of the automobile transformed American freedom in radical ways, leading us to accept--and expect--pervasive police power. As Policing the Open Road makes clear, this expectation has had far-reaching political and legal consequences.-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	A mystery of traffic -- From lumbering foot patrolmen to motor-mounted policemen -- The automotive Fourth Amendment -- It could happen to you -- The right to privacy in public -- The Fourth Amendment tool in criminal patrol.
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Subject	Traffic regulations -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Traffic safety -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Automobiles -- United States -- Public opinion.
	Automobiles -- Social aspects -- United States.
	Searches and seizures -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Discrimination in law enforcement -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
	HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
	Automobiles -- Public opinion.
	Automobiles -- Social aspects.
	Discrimination in law enforcement.
	Searches and seizures.
	Traffic regulations.
	Traffic safety.
	United States.
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	History.
Added Title	How cars transformed American freedom
Other Form:	Print version: Seo, Sarah A., 1980- Policing the open road. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019 9780674980860 (DLC) 2018040573 (OCoLC)1057239933
ISBN	9780674240469 (electronic bk.)
	0674240464 (electronic bk.)
	9780674240476 (electronic bk.)
	0674240472 (electronic bk.)
	9780674980860
	0674980867

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