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The limits of community policing : civilian power and police accountability in black and brown Los Angeles / Luis Daniel Gascón and Aaron Roussell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gascón, Luis Daniel, (author).
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police--California--Los Angeles.
- Police.
- Community policing--California--Los Angeles.
- Community policing.
- Police-community relations--California--Los Angeles.
- Police-community relations.
- Police--Complaints against--California--Los Angeles.
- African Americans--California--Los Angeles.
- African Americans.
- Hispanic Americans--California--Los Angeles.
- Hispanic Americans.
- Police--Complaints against.
- California--Los Angeles.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 287 pages) : illustrations, map
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2019].
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- "A critical look at the realities of community policing in South Los Angeles.The Limits of Community Policing addresses conflicts between police and communities. Luis Daniel Gascón and Aaron Roussell depart from traditional conceptions, arguing that community policing—popularized for decades as a racial panacea—is not the solution it seems to be.Tracing this policy back to its origins, they focus on the Los Angeles Police Department, which first introduced community policing after the high-profile Rodney King riots. Drawing on over sixty interviews with officers, residents, and stakeholders in South LA’s “Lakeside” precinct, they show how police tactics amplified—rather than resolved—racial tensions, complicating partnership efforts, crime response and prevention, and accountability.Gascón and Roussell shine a new light on the residents of this neighborhood to address the enduring—and frequently explosive—conflicts between police and communities. At a time when these issues have taken center stage, this volume offers a critical understanding of how community policing really works." -- Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Roots, rebellion, and reform
- The making of Lakeside
- Organizing the division
- Complaint encounters
- No place for the mom-and-pops
- The politics of partnership.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-271) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1479870315
- 9781479870318
- 1479871206
- 9781479871209
- 1479842257
- 9781479842254
- OCLC:
- 1105145730
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