Citizens, Cops, and Power: Recognizing the Limits of Community
Steve Herbert
Abstract
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 this book reveals the reasons why it rarely, if ever, works. Drawing on data collected in diverse Seattle neighborhoods from interviews with residents, observation of police officers, and attendance at community-police meetings, this book identifies the many obstacles that make effective collaboration between city dwellers and the police so ... More
Keywords: politicians, citizens, police agencies, community policing, crime, disorder, urban residents, police officers, protection, Seattle
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2006 | Print ISBN-13: 9780226327303 |
| Published to Chicago Scholarship Online: February 2013 | DOI:10.7208/chicago/9780226327358.001.0001 |
