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-	A '''police state''' is a [[State (polity)|state]] in which the [[government]] exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic, and political life of the population. A police [[State (polity)|state]] typically exhibits elements of [[totalitarianism]] and [[social control]], and there is usually little or no distinction between the law and the exercise of [[political power]] by the [[executive (government)|executive]].	+
-	==See also==	+
-	* [[Arbitrary arrest and detention]]	+
-	* [[Counterintelligence state]]	+
-	* [[Dictatorship]]	+
-	* [[Martial law]], the suspension of normal civil law during periods of emergency	+
-	* [[Military dictatorship]]	+
-	* [[Rechtsstaat]] (German)	+
-	* [[Surveillance state]]	+
-	* [[List of countries by incarceration rate]]	+
-	* [[Government]]	+
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