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Race, Place, and Suburban Policing: Too Close for Comfort
Andrea S. Boyles
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Description for Race, Place, and Suburban Policing: Too Close for Comfort
Paperback. Tells the story of social injustice, racialized policing, nationally profiled shootings, and the ambiguousness of black life in a suburban context.This title examines a fraught police-citizen interface, where blacks are segregated and yet forced to negotiate overlapping spaces with their more affluent white counterparts. Num Pages: 268 pages, 16 halftones, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFP; JFSL3; JKSW1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
While considerable attention has been given to encounters between black citizens and police in urban communities, there have been limited analyses of such encounters in suburban settings. Race, Place, and Suburban Policing tells the full story of social injustice, racialized policing, nationally profiled shootings, and the ambiguousness of black life in a suburban context. Through compelling interviews, participant observation, and field notes from a marginalized black enclave located in a predominately white suburb, Andrea S Boyles examines a fraught police-citizen interface, where blacks are segregated and yet forced to negotiate overlapping spaces with their more affluent white counterparts.
While considerable attention has been given to encounters between black citizens and police in urban communities, there have been limited analyses of such encounters in suburban settings. Race, Place, and Suburban Policing tells the full story of social injustice, racialized policing, nationally profiled shootings, and the ambiguousness of black life in a suburban context. Through compelling interviews, participant observation, and field notes from a marginalized black enclave located in a predominately white suburb, Andrea S Boyles examines a fraught police-citizen interface, where blacks are segregated and yet forced to negotiate overlapping spaces with their more affluent white counterparts.
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
379g
Number of Pages
268
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520282391
SKU
V9780520282391
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About Andrea S. Boyles
Andrea S. Boyles is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Lindenwood University-Belleville. She has also taught inmates and correctional officers within the Missouri prison system.
Reviews for Race, Place, and Suburban Policing: Too Close for Comfort
Boyles brings two fresh perspectives to the table of policing literature. First, her focus is on suburbia rather than the more traditional policing milieu of cities. Second, she expands the conversation from the police to the body politic as a whole. This latter novelty is arguably the most important addition Boyles makes to the policing literature. Criminal Law and ... Read more