Police, Power, and the Production of Racial Boundaries

Based on five years of ethnography, archival research, census data analysis, and interviews,Police, Power, and the Production of Racial Boundariesreveals how the LAPD, city prosecutors, community groups, and business owners struggled to control who should be considered "dangerous" and how...

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1. Verfasser:	Ana Muniz, Muniz
Format:	E-Book
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	United States Rutgers University Press 2015
Ausgabe:	1
Schriftenreihe:	Critical Issues in Crime and Society
Schlagworte:	aggressive policing Ana Muñiz archival research blacks broken windows business owners California census data analysis city prosecutors civil rights community activism Community policing community relations court decisions criminal justice reform criminal justice system criminalization criminalization of poverty criminalization process deviants Discrimination in criminal justice Discrimination in law enforcement ethnography gang injunction Gangs grassroots challenges institutional racism interviews LAPD Latinos law enforcement loitering Los Angeles minor infractions Police policing strategies political construction Political Science POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights power public policy racial boundaries racial discrimination racial disparities racial profiling racialization racialized neighborhoods racialized policing racist effects repressive practices restraining order social control social justice SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations SOCIAL SCIENCE / General Social sciences sociologist Sociology urban policing urban sociology violent neighborhood zero tolerance census data analysis criminalization of poverty LAPD minor infractions blacks restraining order interviews urban sociology criminal justice system racial boundaries criminal justice reform civil rights gangs policing strategies criminalization process ethnography repressive practices sociologist archival research institutional racism business owners social control community policing public policy gang injunction city prosecutors community relations racialized neighborhoods Latinos violent neighborhood social justice racial discrimination Ana Muñiz racial disparities loitering criminalization power political construction court decisions law enforcement racial profiling racist effects grassroots challenges community activism Police broken windows aggressive policing racialization deviants racialized policing urban policing zero tolerance
ISBN:	9780813569772, 081356977X, 9780813569765, 0813569761
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Front Matter Table of Contents Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Race and Place in Cadillac-Corning Chapter 2: A Neighborhood Is Born: Chapter 3: Maintaining Racial Boundaries: Chapter 4: The Chaos of Upstanding Citizens: Chapter 5: “We Don’t Need No Gang Injunction! We Just Out Here Tryin’ to Function!” Chapter 6: Conclusion References Index Back Matter
Cover Page -- Series Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Race and Place in Cadillac- Corning -- Chapter 2 A Neighborhood Is Born -- Chapter 3 Maintaining Racial Boundaries -- Chapter 4 The Chaos of Upstanding Citizens -- Chapter 5 "We Don't Need No Gang Injunction! We Just Out Here Tryin' to Function!" -- Chapter 6 Conclusion -- References -- Index
Acknowledgments --
References --
Index --
Contents --
Chapter 5. “We Don’t Need No Gang Injunction! We Just Out Here Tryin’ to Function!” --
Chapter 6. Conclusion --
About the Author
Chapter 3. Maintaining Racial Boundaries: Criminalization, Neighborhood Context, and the Origins of Gang Injunctions --
Chapter 1. Race and Place in Cadillac- Corning --
Frontmatter --
Chapter 2. A Neighborhood Is Born: Housing Development, Racial Change, and Boundary Building --
Chapter 4. The Chaos of Upstanding Citizens: Disorderly Community Partners and Broken Windows Policing --