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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Way, Lori Beth
Autres auteurs: Patten, Ryan
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Boston : Northeastern University Press, [2013]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Poor.
Police discretion.
Police-community relations.
Police.
Minorities.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement.
Pauvres.
Relations police-collectivite.
Pouvoir discretionnaire de la police.
Police > United States > Case studies.
United States.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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 their discretionary time on the job - and the consequences. Providing 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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (216 pages).
ISBN:9781555538149

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