Black in Blue: African-American Police Officers and Racism

by Kenneth Bolton Jr., Joe R. Feagin, Unknown, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415945186
• ISBN13: 9780415945189
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"