In this Book
- Hunting for “Dirtbags”: Why Cops Over-Police the Poor and Racial Minorities
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Northeastern University Press
summary
This ethnographic study, which includes participant observation research and in-depth interviews with police officers in a major California city and a large East Coast city, explores how police officers use their discretionary time on the job--and the consequences. Providing highly textured insights into police discretion, the authors show that America's "tough on crime" approach to justice has too often proved to be a smoke screen for controlling people deemed undesirable, rather than a genuinely effective strategy for reducing crime.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page
- pp. 4-5
- 6 | The Future: Service-Oriented Policing
- pp. 135-158
- Bibliography
- pp. 169-196
Additional Information
ISBN
9781555538149
Related ISBN(s)
9781555538125
MARC Record
OCLC
867740036
Pages
216
Launched on MUSE
2013-08-13
Language
English
Open Access
No