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

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

In recent years, community policing has transformed American law enforcement by promising to build trust between citizens and officers. Today, three-quarters of American police departments claim to embrace the strategy. But decades before the phrase was coined, the New York City Housing Authority Po...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Umbach, Fritz,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Critical Issues in Crime and Society
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 5 illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The "Last Neighborhood Cops," Community Policing, and the History of Law Enforcement in Urban America
  • 1. "Our Buildings Must Be Patrolled by Foot": Policing Public Housing and New York City Politics, 1934-1960
  • 2. "A Paradox in Urban Law Enforcement": Residents, Officers, and the Making of Community Policing in NYCHA, 1960-1980
  • 3. A Confluence of Crises: The 1970s and the Undermining of Community Policing
  • 4. The End of Community Policing, 1980-1995
  • 5. A Return to Origins and the Merger, 1990-1995: Losing, Saving-and Losing the Housing Police Again
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Index
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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