| Description |
xiii, 313 pages : photographs ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Part one: The role of the police -- 1. Multiple perspectives on the role of the police -- 2. A historical analysis of municipal policing in the United States |
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Part two: Police-community relations -- 3. Underpolicing -- 4. Overpolicing -- 5. Police-community relations programs |
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Part Three: Police and rebellion -- 6. From slavery to Jim Crow -- 7. Agitation vs. accommodation -- 8. Modern urban rebellions -- 9. Rebellion in Los Angeles, 1992 |
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Part four: Marginalized police officers -- 10. Native American police officers -- 11. African American police officers -- 12. Women police officers -- 13. Gay and lesbian police officers -- Afterword: Police and society |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography: pages 297-304 |
| Subject |
Police -- United States.
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| Author |
Barlow, Melissa Hickman.
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| ISBN |
157766129x |
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