Race, place, and suburban policing : too close for comfort / Andrea S. Boyles.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (268 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520958081 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 363.2/30896073077865 23
LOC classification:
  • HV7936.P8 B69 2015eb
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Contents:
Introduction -- Race, place, and policing in the United States -- "You're nothing but trash over here" : black faces in white places -- There's a new sheriff in town : the police making contact -- "It's the same song" : the tragedies of Kevin Johnson and Charles "Cookie" Thornton -- The road to reconciliation -- Conclusion and discussion.
Summary: "Relying on compelling interviews from the Meacham Park neighborhood--a marginalized Black enclave located in a predominately white affluent St. Louis suburb, this book brings to life the everyday interactions of disadvantaged suburban Blacks as they faced annexation, aggressive policing, two nationally profiled shootings, and intervention from the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ)"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Race, place, and policing in the United States -- "You're nothing but trash over here" : black faces in white places -- There's a new sheriff in town : the police making contact -- "It's the same song" : the tragedies of Kevin Johnson and Charles "Cookie" Thornton -- The road to reconciliation -- Conclusion and discussion.

"Relying on compelling interviews from the Meacham Park neighborhood--a marginalized Black enclave located in a predominately white affluent St. Louis suburb, this book brings to life the everyday interactions of disadvantaged suburban Blacks as they faced annexation, aggressive policing, two nationally profiled shootings, and intervention from the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ)"--Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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