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Author Lyons, William, 1960-

Title The politics of community policing : rearranging the power to punish / William Lyons
Published Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2002, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 241 pages) : illustrations, 5 maps
Series Law, meaning, and violence
Law, meaning, and violence.
Contents List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Competing Stories about Community and Policing; 2. Community (Policing); 3. (Community) Policing; 4. Communities and Crime on the South Side of Skid Road; 5. The Emergence of the South Seattle Crime Prevention Council; 6. Policing Reform in Southeast Seattle; 7. Reciprocity in Police-Community Partnerships; 8. Getting Back to Mayberry; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary Community policing, the author argues, does not necessarily empower the community but often increases the power of the police
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Community policing -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
Law enforcement -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Law Enforcement.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
Community policing
Law enforcement
Politics and government
Social conditions
SUBJECT Seattle (Wash.) -- Politics and government
Seattle (Wash.) -- Social conditions
Subject Washington (State) -- Seattle
Form Electronic book
LC no. 98040135
ISBN 9780472023868
0472023861
1282604708
9781282604704
9786612604706
6612604700