Citizens, Cops, and Power: Recognizing the Limits of Community

by Steve Herbert

Book Overview

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 in Citizens, Cops, and Power, Steve Herbert reveals the reasons why it rarely, if ever, works. Drawing on data he collected in diverse Seattle neighborhoods from interviews with residents,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226327310
• ISBN13: 9780226327310
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"