{"product_id":"we-need-to-check-your-thinking-book-richard-norrie-9781912581337","title":"We Need to Check Your Thinking","description":"Richard Norrie and Hardeep Singh examine the role of identity politics and how it is warping police  priorities from within. The authors take a critical look at the police’s fundamental commitment to  impartiality and their role in contentious matters of a political nature. This book looks at the  dramatic increase in ‘non-crime hate incidents’ (NCHIs) over a five-year period through a series of  Freedom of Information requests. The authors find that NCHIs have been applied ‘in a manner  inconsistent with freedom of speech.’  Norrie and Singh discuss the role of the College of Policing, criticising this body for ‘a progressive  reorientation of the police.’ This work examines how the College of Policing has deepened the  influence of identitarianism and looks at the recent ‘Race Action Plan’ as an example of how the  organisation is encouraging identity politics, based on the radical political ideology known as ‘critical  race theory.’ This reorientation is compounded by an ‘infrastructure of identity politics’ within the  police through independent advisory groups (IAGs).  The authors criticise these groups for being ‘opaque’ and find they are dominated by ‘identitarian  activists.’ We Need to Check Your Thinking includes a foreword by David G. Green and reveals how  police priorities are being distorted by identity politics. The authors conclude that the police are in  breach of the College of Policing’s own Code of Ethics, particularly in regard to impartiality, and call  for the police to be called to account for their practices to reduce the role of identity politics and  return the police to their traditional role of protecting the public.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49575189905681,"sku":"GOR012983179","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1912581337.jpg?v=1751187043","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/we-need-to-check-your-thinking-book-richard-norrie-9781912581337","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}