Twentieth-Century Influences on Twenty-First-Century Policing

Download or read book Twentieth-Century Influences on Twenty-First-Century Policing written by Jonathon A. Cooper and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-07-07 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This newly revised edition includes two new chapters exploring events in policing since the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO in 2014. More than summarizing historical events, Cooper contextualizes the subsequent riots in light of classic sociological theory and political philosophy, and offers a potential and compelling new direction for improving both police use of force and the relationship between police and communities.