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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459678503321

Autore

Lyons William (Bill) Thomas

Titolo

The politics of community policing : rearranging the power to punish / / William Lyons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , 2002, c1999

ISBN

1-282-60470-8

9786612604706

0-472-02386-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Law, meaning, and violence

Disciplina

363.2/3/0973

Soggetti

Community policing - Washington (State) - Seattle

Law enforcement - Washington (State) - Seattle

Electronic books.

Seattle (Wash.) Politics and government

Seattle (Wash.) Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Competing Stories about Community and Policing; 2. Community (Policing); 3. (Community) Policing; 4. Communities and Crime on the South Side of Skid Road; 5. The Emergence of the South Seattle Crime Prevention Council; 6. Policing Reform in Southeast Seattle; 7. Reciprocity in Police-Community Partnerships; 8. Getting Back to Mayberry; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Community policing, the author argues, does not necessarily empower the community but often increases the power of the police