The Cambridge handbook of policing in the United States
Title:
The Cambridge handbook of policing in the United States
Author:
Lave, Tamara Rice, editor.
ISBN:
9781108420556
9781108430500
Physical Description:
xvii, 595 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contents:
Introduction / Tamara Rice Lave and Eric J. Miller -- Part I. The view from the streets. Policing as though the public really matters: a call for outcome-based policing / Cameron McLay ; Policing in St Louis: "I feel like a runaway slave sometimes" / Thomas Harvey and Janae Staicer -- Part II. Do we need public police? Why we need police / Justin McCrary and Deepak Premkumar ; Police abolitionist discourse? Why it has been missing (and why it matters) / Eduardo Bautista Duran and Jonathan Simon ; The police as civic neighbors / Eric J. Miller ; Pretext and justification: republicanism, policing, and race / Ekow Yankah ; The paradox of private policing / Elizabeth E. Joh -- Part III. The law of policing. Justifying police practices: the example of arrests / Rachel A. Harmon ; Police interrogation and suspect confessions / Richard A. Leo ; How fear shapes policing in the US / David A. Harris ; The futile Fourth Amendment: understanding police excessive force doctrine through an empirical assessment of Graham v. Connor / Osagie K. Obasogie and Zachary Newman ; The problematic prosecution of an Asian American police officer: notes from a participant in People v Peter Liang / Gabriel J. Chin -- Part IV. Police force and police violence. Confrontational proactive policing: benefits, costs, and disparate racial impacts / Charles F. Manski and Daniel S. Nagin ; Race, police, and the production of capital homicides / Amanda Geller and Jeffrey ; What drives variation in killings by urban police in the United States: two empirical puzzles / Franklin E. Zimring -- Part V. Discrimination. Race, pedestrian checks, and the Fourth Amendment / Devon W. Carbado ; In the shadows: policing immigration in the criminal justice system and its impact on racial disparities and identity / Yolanda Vázquez ; Policing "radicalization" / Amna A. Akbar ; Police and the criminalization of LGBT people / Naomi G. Goldberg, Christy Mallory, Amira Hasenbush, Lara Stemple, and Ilan H. Meyer ; Police sexual violence / Tamara Rice Lave ; Policing the mentally ill in Los Angeles on the frontlines of transinstitutionalization / Natalie A. Pifer -- Part VI. Technology. The pitfalls of police technology: a minority report / Kami Chavis ; Citizenship talk / I. Bennett Capers ; Predictive policing theory / Andrew Guthrie Ferguson ; Big Data surveillance: the case of policing / Sarah Brayne -- Part VII. Reform. Unions and police reform / Stephen Rushin ; Procedural justice and policing: four new directions / Rebecca Hollander-Blumoff ; Moving toward an American police-community reconciliation framework / David Kennedy and Jonathan Ben-Menachem.
Abstract:
"The Cambridge Handbook of Policing in the United States provides a comprehensive collection of essays on police and policing, written by leading experts in political theory, sociology, criminology, economics, law, public health, and critical theory. It unveils a range of experiences - from the police chief of a major metropolitan force to ordinary people targeted for policing on the street - and asks important questions about whether and why we need the police, before analyzing the law of policing, police use of force, and police violence, paying particular attention to the issue of discrimination against marginalized and vulnerable communities at the blunt end of police interference. The book also discusses technological innovations and proposals for reform. Written in accessible language, this interdisciplinary work will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding the present and future of policing in the United States"-- Provided by publisher.
"The unique feature of the book is its interdisciplinary interaction between the police on the front line and the legal and sociological scholars on the cutting edge of policing theory. Too often, approaches to policing remain mired in different policy-based silos. But policing is a many-headed-hydra, extending into, not only the criminal justice system, but also welfare, housing, health, immigration, local government, and transportation - indeed, almost all areas of life. In this book, the authors reject a narrow, discipline-by-discipline approach to the problem of policing, and instead reach across disciplines to articulate the ways in which the police are used to dominate communities of color and to propose solutions. The resulting discussion and diagnosis of policing incorporates multiple perspectives in order to overcome the partial perspectives of different kinds of experts, policy makers, and police on the streets"-- Provided by publisher.