Policing and Race in America : Economic, Political, and Social Dynamics

Ward, James D. (EDT)

Lexington Books（2017/12発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 304 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781498550918
• DDC分類 363.20973

Full Description

This edited collection explores policing in America in regards to minority groups. The essays discuss how the relationship between police and minority groups affects politics, the economy, and minority groups' daily lives and success. The contributors explore the Black Lives Matter movement, the Detroit, Los Angeles, and Atlanta Police Departments, immigration, incarceration, community policing, police violence, and detail causes, theories, and solutions to this important phenomenon.

Contents

Part I: Political Challenges

1.Policing and Race in America: Economic, Political, and Social Dynamics
James D. Ward

2.What to Do When the Yelling Stops: How Black Lives Matter Can Have Lasting Impact
Donomic Bearfield, Robert Maranto, and Ian Kingsbury

3.Contemporary Police and Minorities in the United States: Causes, Theories, and Solutions
John Eterno and Christine Barrow

4.Leveraging the Intersection of Politics, Problem and Policy in Organizational and Social Change: An Historical Analysis of the Detroit, Los Angeles, and Atlanta Police Departments
Andrew J. Grandage, Britt S. Aliperti and Brian N. Williams

5.Policy Feedback: Government Skepticism Trickling from Immigration to Matters of Health
Vanessa Cruz Nichols, Alana M.W. LeBron, and Francisco I. Pedraza

Part II: Economic Realities

6.What Have We Learned about Incarceration and Race? Lessons from 30 years of Research
Samuel L. Myers, Jr.

7.Should More Law Enforcement be the Answer to Crime?
Ronald Zullo

8.Punishing M