UID:
almafu_9959233896002883
Format:
1 online resource (305 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-135-94375-3
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1-135-94376-1
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0-203-60393-1
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1-280-05463-8
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0-203-49135-1
Content:
From New York to Los Angeles, police departments across the country are consistently accused of racism. Although historically white police precincts have been slowly integrating over the past few decades, African-American officers still encounter racism on the job. Bolton and Feagin have interviewed fifty veteran African-American police officers to provide real-life and vivid examples of the difficulties and discrimination these officers face everyday inside and outside the police station from barriers in hiring and getting promoted to lack of trust from citizens and members of black communi
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Black in Blue; 2. Everyday Racism on the Force; 3. Problems of the White Mind: Perspectives of Black Officers; 4. Racial Barriers in Police Departments; 5. A Hostile Racial Climate; 6. Black Officers Transform Policing; 7. A Better Future for All Americans; ENDNOTES; INDEX
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-94519-4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-94518-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203491355
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