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Citizens, Cops, and Power
Steve Herbert
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Description for Citizens, Cops, and Power
Paperback. Politicians, citizens, and police agencies have long embraced community policing, hoping to reduce crime and disorder by strengthening the ties between urban residents and the officers entrusted with their protection. This book reveals the reasons why it rarely, if ever, works. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 180 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
Politicians, citizens, and police agencies have long embraced community policing, hoping to reduce crime and disorder by strengthening the ties between urban residents and the officers entrusted with their protection. That strategy seems to make sense, but in "Citizens, Cops, and Power", Steve Herbert reveals the reasons why it rarely, if ever, works. Drawing on data he collected in diverse Seattle neighborhoods from interviews with residents, observation of police officers, and attendance at community-police meetings, Herbert identifies the many obstacles that make effective collaboration between city dwellers and the police so unlikely to succeed. At the same time, he shows ... Read more
Politicians, citizens, and police agencies have long embraced community policing, hoping to reduce crime and disorder by strengthening the ties between urban residents and the officers entrusted with their protection. That strategy seems to make sense, but in "Citizens, Cops, and Power", Steve Herbert reveals the reasons why it rarely, if ever, works. Drawing on data he collected in diverse Seattle neighborhoods from interviews with residents, observation of police officers, and attendance at community-police meetings, Herbert identifies the many obstacles that make effective collaboration between city dwellers and the police so unlikely to succeed. At the same time, he shows ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226327310
SKU
V9780226327310
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About Steve Herbert
Steve Herbert is associate professor in the Department of Geography and the Law, Societies, and Justice Program at the University of Washington. He is the author of Policing Space: Territoriality and the Los Angeles Police Department.
Reviews for Citizens, Cops, and Power
"Excellent. Citizens, Cops, and Power provides a solid empirical foundation to the view that community policing is very limited in practice. Furthermore, grounding the study in political theories of community gives this book a much broader appeal beyond the substantive study of policing. It is a significant contribution to political sociology, geography, and community studies." - Jonathan Simon, University of ... Read more