Download This PaperAmerican Policing Under Fire: Conflict & Reform
Society, Vol. 52 (2015): 475-480
7 Pages Posted: 10 Jan 2016
Date Written: 2015
Abstract
A cluster of recent police killings of African American men has sparked an unprecedented amount of public debate regarding policing in the United States. Critics and protesters have made sweeping allegations about the police; a presidential commission has been formed to study police misconduct; and reforms are being debated. These events provide a backdrop for this article’s review of recent poll data and discussion of research regarding police relations with African Americans, Latinos, and whites.
Keywords: Law enforcement, Race, Mass media, Police reform
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Weitzer, Ronald, American Policing Under Fire: Conflict & Reform (2015). Society, Vol. 52 (2015): 475-480, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2712727
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