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15 Yale Hum. Rts. & Dev. L.J. 177 (2012)
A Punitive Bind: Policing, Poverty, and Neoliberalism in New York City

handle is hein.journals/yhurdvl15 and id is 179 raw text is: Note A Punitive Bind: Policing, Poverty, and Neoliberalism in New York City Jeremy Kaplan-Lymant Narrowly conceived, neoliberalism is a system of economic ideas and policy initiatives that emphasize small government and market-based solutions to social and economic problems. Adopted in response to the fiscal, welfare and racial crises of the Keynesian state, neoliberalism has become the dominant governing principle in the United States over the last forty years. A growing body of literature has shown how the rise of neoliberalism has underwritten the massive expansion of the American criminal justice system and the growth of its incarceral arm. Yet theorists of neoliberalism have largely ignored how the rise of neoliberalism has affected policing practices and, in turn, have failed to consider the role that police play in the neoliberal state. This Note considers policing practices and policies in New York City under the rise of neoliberalism. It argues that the rise of neoliberalism has led to significant and lasting changes in the accountability structures, enforcement priorities, and policing strategies and tactics of New York City's policing apparatus. While new approaches to policing have been heralded by some as making the NYPD internally more efficient and more effective at fighting crime, this Note contends that the adoption of neoliberal policing techniques cannot be evaluated without a broader account of the historical, social, political and economic contexts in which they are implemented. An analysis of policing within these broader contexts reveals that there is good reason to be concerned about many facets of neoliberal policing, which t Yale Law School, J.D. expected 2012. I would like to thank Professor Tracey Meares for her encouragement, guidance, and comments throughout the writing process; Tessa Bialek and her edit team for extensive and valuable edits; and my best friend Durba Mitra, who helped me develop many of the arguments in this piece and read and commented on far too many drafts to count. 177