Policing and Race in America

Economic, Political, and Social Dynamics

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

This edited collection explores policing in America in regards to minority groups. The essays discuss how the relationship between police and minority groups affects politics, the economy, and minority groups’ daily lives and success. The contributors explore the Black Lives Matter movement, the Detroit, Los Angeles, and Atlanta Police Departments, immigration, incarceration, community policing, police violence, and detail causes, theories, and solutions to this important phenomenon.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-11-06
Mått:151 x 221 x 23 mm
Vikt:458 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:334
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781498550932

Utforska kategorier

Socialt arbete och välfärd inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

James D. Ward teaches in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University-Newark.

Recensioner i media

This valuable collection shows how racial disparities in police stops, police shootings, and other law enforcement activities grow from deep institutional patterns in policing and urban governance, challenging public administration scholars and practitioners alike to think more deeply and act with greater determination to address one of the most troubling and important problems of our time.

Innehållsförteckning

Part I: Political Challenges1.Policing and Race in America: Economic, Political, and Social DynamicsJames D. Ward2.What to Do When the Yelling Stops: How Black Lives Matter Can Have Lasting ImpactDonomic Bearfield, Robert Maranto, and Ian Kingsbury3.Contemporary Police and Minorities in the United States: Causes, Theories, and SolutionsJohn Eterno and Christine Barrow4.Leveraging the Intersection of Politics, Problem and Policy in Organizational and Social Change: An Historical Analysis of the Detroit, Los Angeles, and Atlanta Police DepartmentsAndrew J. Grandage, Britt S. Aliperti and Brian N. Williams5.Policy Feedback: Government Skepticism Trickling from Immigration to Matters of HealthVanessa Cruz Nichols, Alana M.W. LeBron, and Francisco I. PedrazaPart II: Economic Realities6.What Have We Learned about Incarceration and Race? Lessons from 30 years of ResearchSamuel L. Myers, Jr.7.Should More Law Enforcement be the Answer to Crime?Ronald Zullo8.Punishing M