Hunting for "dirtbags" : why cops over-police the poor and racial minorities /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Way, Lori Beth
Other Authors: Patten, Ryan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boston : Northeastern University Press, [2013]
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Police discretion.
Police-community relations.
Poor.
Minorities.
Police > United States > Case studies.
Pouvoir discrétionnaire de la police.
Relations police-collectivité.
Pauvres.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement.
Minorities
Police
Police-community relations
Police discretion
Poor
United States
Case studies
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