Race and policing in America : conflict and reform
by
 
Weitzer, Ronald John, 1952-

Title
Race and policing in America : conflict and reform

Author
Weitzer, Ronald John, 1952-

ISBN
9780521851527
 
9780521616911

Personal Author
Weitzer, Ronald John, 1952-

Publication Information
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Physical Description
xi, 225 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series
Cambridge studies in criminology
 
Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)

Series Title
Cambridge studies in criminology

General Note
Formerly CIP.

Contents
Police-minority relations in America -- Police misconduct -- Racially biased policing -- Reforming the police -- Conclusion: The continuing racial divide.

Abstract
"Race and Policing in America is about relations between police and citizens, with a focus on racial differences. It systematically examines Americans' opinions, preferences, and personal experiences regarding the police.
 
Guided by group-position theory and using both existing studies and the authors' own quantitative and qualitative data from a nationally representative survey of whites, blacks, and Hispanics this book examines the roles of personal experience, knowledge of others' experiences, mass media reporting on the police, and neighborhood conditions in structuring citizen views in four major areas : overall satisfaction with police in one's city and neighborhood, perceptions of several types of police misconduct, perceptions of police racial bias and discrimination, and evaluations of and support for a variety of reforms in policing."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term
Police -- United States -- Public opinion.
 
Minorities -- United States -- Attitudes.
 
Police-community relations -- United States.
 
Discrimination in law enforcement -- United States.
 
Racism -- United States.
 
Police misconduct -- United States.

Added Author
Tuch, Steven A., 1949-

Electronic Access
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip066/2006000759.html
 
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0633/2006000759-d.html


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