Q1) In early 19th century London, people feared a centralized police force-they thought police forces were used by authoritarian governments to oppress their own people. In our own time, we see conflicts around the roles and actions of police. What is your impression of contemporary policing in the United States? Q2) How would you assess the performance of masculinity by the characters in Whitechapel (the detective squad, DI Chandler, and ripperologist Edward Buchan)?

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