Latino Police Officers in the United States : Practice, Policy, and Leadership.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Urbina, Valentina.

Contributor:

Urbina, Martin Guevara.

EBSCOhost

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community policing--United States.

Community policing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

2nd edition.

Place of Publication:

Springfield, IL : Charles C. Thomas Publisher, Limited, 2026.

Contents:

Intro

LATINO POLICE OFFICERS IN THE UNITED STATES

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

TABLES

Chapter 1

SITUATING THE CURRENT STATE OF RESEARCH ON LATINO POLICE AND ETHNIC COMMUNITY IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AMERICA

THE ETHNIC EXPERIENCE OVER TIME: EMERGING TRENDS AND ISSUES

THE LATINO COMMUNITY IN MULTIRACIAL AMERICA:ETHNIC RESEARCH IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

POLICING MULTICULTURAL AMERICA:A CALL FOR CHANGE

FROM MIGRANT TO IMMIGRANT,TO ILLEGAL ALIEN, TO NARCO-TERRORIST

The Contours of Racial and Ethnic Profiling

The Historical Dynamics of Police Brutality

LATINOS IN POLICING

CHAPTER OUTLINE

SUMMARY

Chapter 2

THE NEED FOR LATINO POLICE OFFICERS: PRACTICE, POLICY, REPRESENTATION, AND LEADERSHIP

REPRESENTATION

Overpolicing

Community Empowerment

Individual Empowerment

POLICE EFFECTIVENESS

Knowledge, Skill, Experience

Legitimacy

Social Control

CONCLUSION

Chapter 3

EMPLOYMENT OF LATINO OFFICERS BY FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE UNITED STATES: EMERGING TRENDS AND ISSUES

BJS DATA ON RACE AND ETHNICITY OFLAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

NATIONAL TRENDS IN THE EMPLOYMENTOF LATINO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

EMPLOYMENT OF LATINO OFFICERS BY FEDERAL LAWENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

EMPLOYMENT OF LATINO OFFICERS BYSTATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

THE PRIMARY STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

SHERIFFS' OFFICES

LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS

EMERGING NEW TRENDS IN POLICING:A CALL TO BALANCE THE SYSTEM

Local Law Enforcement Agencies

TABLE 3.1 RACE OR LATINO ORIGIN OF FULL-TIME SWORN OFFICERS IN LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, BY SIZE OF POPULATION SERVED, 2020*

TABLE 3.2 RACE OR LATINO ORIGIN OF FULL-TIME SWORN OFFICERS IN LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, 1997-2020*

TABLE 3.3 RACE OR LATINO ORIGIN OF CHIEFS, INTERMEDIATE SUPERVISORS, AND FIRST-LINE SUPERVISORS IN LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, BY SIZE OF POPULATION SERVED, 2020*

TABLE 3.4 FULL-TIME FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN OFFICES OF INSPECTORS GENERAL EMPLOYING 50 OR MORE OFFICERS, BY DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS, 2020*

TABLE 3.5 FULL-TIME FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN AGENCIES OTHER THAN OFFICES OF INSPECTORS GENERAL, BY THE TWO LEADING DEPARTMENTS, 2020*

TABLE 3.6 FULL-TIME FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN AGENCIES OTHER THAN OFFICES OF INSPECTORS GENERAL EMPLOYING 50 OR MORE OFFICERS, BY DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS, 2020*

LATINO RECRUITS IN LAW ENFORCEMENTTRAINING ACADEMIES

RECRUITMENT OF LATINO OFFICERS BYSTATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

Chapter 4

CHICANO POLICE OFFICERS WORKING IN THE LATINX COMMUNITY: DIVERSITY, POLICE CULTURE, AND UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES

LATINX POLICE OFFICERS

METHODOLOGY

CHICANO OFFICERS ENTERINGTHE POLICING PROFESSION

EXPERIENCES WITH THEPOLICE CULTURE

Notes:

OFFICERS' PERCEPTION OF THE LATINX COMMUNITY

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0398094829

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40033158236

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