Citizens, Cops, and Power : Recognizing the Limits of Community
Steve. Herbert
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Chicago, IL : : University of Chicago Press, , 2009.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (192 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Terrain of Community; 2. The Political Status of Community; 3. Elusive Legitimacy: Subservient, Separate, or Generative?; 4. "Don't Drink the Kool-Aid": On the Resistance to Community Policing; 5. "It Is So Difficult": The Complicated Pathways of Police-Community Relations; 6. The Unbearable Lightness of Community; Notes; Index. - Politicians, citizens, and police agencies have long embraced community policing, hoping to reduce crime and disorder by strengthening the ties between urban residents and the officers entrusted with their protection. That strategy seems to make sense, but in Citizens, Cops, and Power, Steve Herbert reveals the reasons why it rarely, if ever, works. Drawing on data he collected in diverse Seattle neighborhoods from interviews with residents, observation of police officers, and attendance at community-police meetings, Herbert identifies the many obstacles that make effective
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| ISBN | 0226327302. - 0226327310
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