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Author Boyles, Andrea S., 1973- author.

Title Race, place, and suburban policing : too close for comfort / Andrea S. Boyles
Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
©2015

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Contents Introduction -- Race, place, and policing in the United States -- "You're nothing but trash over here" : black faces in white places -- There's a new sheriff in town : the police making contact -- "It's the same song" : the tragedies of Kevin Johnson and Charles "Cookie Thornton" -- The road to reconciliation -- Conclusion and discussion
Summary "Relying on compelling interviews from the Meacham Park neighborhood--a marginalized Black enclave located in a predominately white affluent St. Louis suburb, this book brings to life the everyday interactions of disadvantaged suburban Blacks as they faced annexation, aggressive policing, two nationally profiled shootings, and intervention from the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ)"--Provided by publisher
Analysis african americans
american politics
black americans
charles cookie thornton
critical analysis
critical race theory
democracy
gun violence
kevin johnson
marginalized communities
nationally profiled shootings
police citizen interface
police shootings
police violence
police
policing literature
politics
race theory
race
racialized policing
racism in america
racism in the united states
racism
reconciliation
social injustice
suburban communities
united states of america
urban communities
violence
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Police-community relations -- Missouri -- Kirkwood
African Americans -- Missouri -- Kirkwood -- Social conditions
Police -- Missouri -- Kirkwood
Racism in criminology -- Missouri -- Kirkwood
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
African Americans -- Social conditions
Police
Police-community relations
Racism in criminology
Missouri -- Kirkwood
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520958081
052095808X