Philip Terdoo Ahire
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 200
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Ahire (criminology, Ahmadu Bello U., Nigeria) recounts how the police under the British colonial government played a major role in the economy, public order, and hygiene. They protected foreign, extractive enterprises, high taxes, and low wages; helped displace indigenous authorities by the central state with foreign-determined boundaries; and enforced hygienic standards to prevent the spread of disease, which also facilitated the diffusion of European moral and religious concepts. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR