Description
Book Synopsis
In Cop Watch, renowned social psychologist Hans Toch takes stock of the vast changes in police procedures that have occurred over the last half-century by examining the evolving role of spectators to police-citizen interactions.
This sympathetic and informed analysis details the concerns of both disgruntled citizens and unsettled police. Their interactions are played out on a broad stage, from 1960s riots and Kerner Commission findings, to 2011 accusations of police brutality in Seattle. In this unflinching examination of the power of the crowd and society to shape police practice, Toch provides a uniquely compelling look at the struggles and complexities of policing in a volatile world.
Trade Review"This book will work well in any undergraduate or graduate classroom examining policing reform or political reform more generally, police leadership or police work, public administration or law and society…I highly recommend this book." — Law and Politics Book Review
This book will work well in any undergraduate or graduate classroom examining policing reform or political reform more generally, police leadership or police work, public administration or law and society…I highly recommend this book.
* Law and Politics Book Review *
Table of Contents Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: West Coast City, 1967–1971
Chapter 1: The Clamorous Chorus
Chapter 2: The Concern With the Injustice or Unfairness of Police Interventions
Chapter 3: A Concern About Police Brutality or Disproportional Police Response
Chapter 4: Sensing an Unbridgeable Divide
Chapter 5: Rank-and-File Resistance to Community-Relations Reforms
Part II: Seattle, 2010–2011
Chapter 6: The Birth of Modern Policing
Chapter 7: A Video Clip in Seattle
Chapter 8: A Posthumous Chorus and Street Justice in Seattle
Chapter 9: Learning to Live With Due Process
Part III: Epilogue
Chapter 10: Volatile Scenarios in the Ghetto
References
Index
About the Author
