Police in a multicultural society
Subtitle: an American story
By: David E. Barlow, Melissa Hickman Barlow.
Contributors: Barlow, Melissa Hickman.
Publisher: Waveland Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Prospect Heights, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
Subjects: Police -- United States.; Police-community relations -- United States.; Discrimination in law enforcement -- United States.; Multiculturalism -- United States.; Intercultural communication -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliography (p. 297-304) and index.
Table of contents: title: Multiple perspectives of the role of police; title: A historical analysis of municipal policing in the United States; title: Underpolicing; title: Overpolicing; title: Police-community relations programs; title: From slavery to Jim Crow; title: Agitation vs. accommodation; title: Modern urban rebellions; title: Rebellion in Los Angeles, 1992; title: Native American police officers; title: African American police officers; title: Women police officers; title: Gay and lesbian police officers; title: Police and society.