Book Review: Introduction to policing: The pillar of democracy

• Author: Francis D. Boateng
• DOI: 10.1177/0734016815570474
• Published date: 01 June 2015
• Date: 01 June 2015
• Subject Matter: Book Reviews

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project appear to focus on broader measures of community well-being, self-actualization, and gen-
ealogical analysis of forces in historical moments (p. 206). There is more definitional work to be
done here to allow for researchers and lay readers alike to comprehend how exactly the evaluative
schemas as presented (pp. 194–195) might apply more generally.
Another challenge is practical. There is limited discussion of the challenge represented by the
uncertainty principle for the criminal justice system and the people who work within it. Uncer-
tainty, while essential to make predictions in physics, is dangerous for political actors who often
use crime and crime control as tools based on the prevailing social perspectives of the time. Con-
ceding that multiple views exist creates doubt. In an era of insecurity (manufactured or other-
wise), policies designed to manage risk will inevitably be favored. The consequences of
accepting that the same uncertainty principle that makes so much of the technology in our lives
possible also plays a central role in human affairs and the justice system is unsettling for most,
and terrifying for some.
Finally, while Milovanovic concedes more work is to be done, an honest accounting of where his
isomorphic reach may have exceeded his quantum holographic grasp would have been welcome. For
those concerned by contemporary criminology’s failure to properly account for ontological, episte-
mological, or reflexive limitations, it is surprising to find so little critical self-introspection here.
Why is it that the inventive (if untestable) propositions in string theory continue to be funded and
promoted, while so much of contemporary criminology tends to be anodyne, antiseptic, and all too
ordinary? What is different about the ‘‘sociology’’ within the high-energy theory physics commu-
nity, of interest to Milovanovic here, and that of the criminological community in which careers are
built on repeating the same studies again and again (and then once more—this time with funding)?
Despite the concerns listed earlier, Quantum Holographic Criminology offers unique application
of QM and a fascinating summary of criminological developments that defy simplistic statistical...