Race and policing in America : conflict and reform

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Title:

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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Race and Policing in America is about relations between police and citizens, with a focus on racial differences. It utilizes both the authors' own research and other studies to examine 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 (vicarious experience), mass media reporting on the police, and neighborhood conditions (including crime and socioeconomic disadvantage) 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 large number of reforms in policing.