Colonial policing doctrine urged immediate deadly force to deter larger rebellions.

Evidence

While devoting relatively few pages to the use of military force and only late in his large book, Lugard nevertheless recommends that a soldier shoot quickly to kill a single or few insurrectionists as a show of power. He promotes the willingness to use force rather than sparing immediate life at risk of revealing weakness and facing the need for a much larger response later (Lugard 1965:580). — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1753

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to imperial policing doctrine as an early expression of deterrent violence — echoes the tragedy-of-the-commons logic in the law-merchant readings where rational agents choose harsh immediate punishments.