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Author Boyles, Andrea S., 1973- author.

Title Race, place, and suburban policing : too close for comfort / Andrea S. Boyles.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Race, place, and policing in the United States -- "You're nothing but trash over here" : black faces in white places -- There's a new sheriff in town : the police making contact -- "It's the same song" : the tragedies of Kevin Johnson and Charles "Cookie Thornton" -- The road to reconciliation -- Conclusion and discussion.
Summary "Relying on compelling interviews from the Meacham Park neighborhood--a marginalized Black enclave located in a predominately white affluent St. Louis suburb, this book brings to life the everyday interactions of disadvantaged suburban Blacks as they faced annexation, aggressive policing, two nationally profiled shootings, and intervention from the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ)"--Provided by publisher.
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Subject Police-community relations -- Missouri -- Kirkwood.
Police-community relations.
Missouri -- Kirkwood.
African Americans -- Missouri -- Kirkwood -- Social conditions.
African Americans.
Social conditions.
Police -- Missouri -- Kirkwood.
Police.
Racism in criminology -- Missouri -- Kirkwood.
Racism in criminology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Police.
Other Form: Print version: Boyles, Andrea S., 1973- Race, place, and suburban policing 9780520282384 (DLC) 2014045122 (OCoLC)896954011
ISBN 9780520958081 (electronic book)
052095808X (electronic book)
9780520282384 (print)
9780520282391 (print)
0520282388
0520282396