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Hunting for "Dirtbags" : Why Cops Over-police the Poor and Racial Minorities by Lori Beth Way, Ryan Patten is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Hunting for "Dirtbags" : Why Cops Over-police the Poor and Racial Minorities about?

This Ethnographic Study, Which Includes Participant Observation Research And In-depth Interviews With Police Officers In A Major California City And A Large East Coast City, Explores How Police Officers Use Their Discretionary Time On The Job--and The Consequences. Providing Highly Textured Insights Into Police Discretion, The Authors Show That America's Tough On Crime Approach To Justice Has Too Often Proved To Be A Smoke Screen For Controlling People Deemed Undesirable, Rather Than A Genuinely Effective Strategy For Reducing Crime.

Author

Lori Beth Way, Ryan Patten

Publisher

Northeastern University Press; Northeastern

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781555538125

Subjects

Social Science, Social_sciences