Hunting for "Dirtbags" : Why Cops Over-Police the Poor and Racial Minorities /
An inside look at police discretionary actions and their consequences for poor communities. 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 t...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
Northeastern University Press,
[2013]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The undiagnosed problem : discretionary proactive policing
- Setting the stage : Stonesville and Seaside
- Shaken or stirred? : Choosing your policing style and level of proactivity
- Hunting grounds : and may the odds be ever in your favor
- A vicious cycle : re-policing the poor and the effects of probation and parole status
- The future : service-oriented policing.