I will begin my commentary with some general reflections on what the discussions at the conference, from which the articles in this volume have been drawn, suggested about what has been happening to the field of policing — the underlying theme of the conference. My commentary will be...

This paper explores the role that energy regimes, and the search for energy security, has had in shaping humans and their societies, and the effects thereof. Energy enrollments through the domestication of plants and animals and the extraction and burning of increasingly energy-rich fuels...