The Last Neighborhood Cops : the Rise and Fall of Community Policing in New York Public Housing.

The Last Neighborhood Cops reveals the history of the residents and cops who forged community policing in the public housing complexes of New York City during the second half of the twentieth century. It draws on buried and confidential police records and voices of retired officers and older residen...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Umbach, Fritz
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2011.
coleção:Critical Issues in Crime and Society
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Sumário:
  • "Our buildings must be patrolled by foot" : policing public housing and New York City politics, 1934-1960
  • "A paradox in urban law enforcement" : residents, officers, and the making of community policing in NYCHA, 1960-1980
  • A confluence of crises : the 1970s and the undermining of community policing
  • The end of community policing, 1980-1995
  • A return to origins and the merger, 1990-1995 : losing, saving, and losing the housing police again.