The Cambridge Handbook Of Policing In The United States

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The Cambridge Handbook of Policing in the United States provides a comprehensive collection of essays on police and policing, written by leading experts in political theory, sociology, criminology, economics, law, public health, and critical theory. It unveils a range of experiences - from the police chief of a major metropolitan force to ordinary people targeted for policing on the street - and asks important questions about whether and why we need the police, before analyzing the law of policing, police use of force, and police violence, paying particular attention to the issue of discrimination against marginalized and vulnerable communities at the blunt end of police interference. The book also discusses technological innovations and proposals for reform. Written in accessible language, this interdisciplinary work will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding the present and future of policing in the United States. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Figures Tables Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction Part I | The View From the Streets 1 | Policing as Though the Public Really Matters: A Call for Outcome-Based Policing 2 | Policing in St. Louis: “I Feel Like a Runaway Slave Sometimes” Part II | Do We Need Public Police? 3 | Why We Need Police 4 | Police Abolitionist Discourse? Why It Has Been Missing (and Why It Matters) 5 | The Police as Civic Neighbors 6 | Pretext and Justification: Republicanism, Policing, and Race 7 | The Paradox of Private Policing Part III | The Law of Policing 8 | Justifying Police Practices: The Example of Arrests 9 | Police Interrogation and Suspect Confessions 10 | How Fear Shapes Policing in the US 11 | The Futile Fourth Amendment: Understanding Police Excessive Force Doctrine Through an Empirical Assessment of Graham v. Connor 12 | The Problematic Prosecution of an Asian American Police Officer: Notes from a Participant in People v. Peter Liang Part IV | Police Force and Police Violence 13 | Confrontational Proactive Policing: Benefits, Costs, and Disparate Racial Impacts 14 | Race, Police, and the Production of Capital Homicides 15 | What Drives Variation in Killings by Urban Police in the United States: Two Empirical Puzzles Part V | Discrimination 16 | Race, Pedestrian Checks, and the Fourth Amendment 17 | In the Shadows: Policing Immigration in the Criminal Justice System and Its Impact on Racial Disparities and Identity 18 | Policing “Radicalization” 19 | Police and the Criminalization of LGBT People 20 | Police Sexual Violence 21 | Policing the Mentally Ill in Los Angeles on the Frontlines of Transinstitutionalization Part VI | Technology 22 | The Pitfalls of Police Technology: A Minority Report 23 | Citizenship Talk 24 | Predictive Policing Theory 25 | Big Data Surveillance: The Case of Policing Part VII | Reform 26 | Unions and Police Reform 27 | Procedural Justice and Policing: Four New Directions 28 | Moving Toward an American Police–Community Reconciliation Framework Index