Race, place, and suburban policing : too close for comfort

Race, place, and suburban policing : too close for comfort /

"Relying on compelling interviews from the Meacham Park neighborhood--a marginalized Black enclave located in a predominately white affluent St. Louis suburb, this book brings to life the everyday interactions of disadvantaged suburban Blacks as they faced annexation, aggressive policing, two n...

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Main Author: Boyles, Andrea S., 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2015
Subjects:
Police-community relations > Missouri > Kirkwood.
African Americans > Missouri > Kirkwood > Social conditions.
Police > Missouri > Kirkwood.
Racism in criminology > Missouri > Kirkwood.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Race, place, and policing in the United States
  • "You're nothing but trash over here" : black faces in white places
  • There's a new sheriff in town : the police making contact
  • "It's the same song" : the tragedies of Kevin Johnson and Charles "Cookie Thornton"
  • The road to reconciliation
  • Conclusion and discussion.

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