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Book SynopsisThe relationship between policing and the governance of society is an important and complex one, especially as it relates to destitute areas. Through a comparative analysis of policing in skid row districts in three cities Edinburgh, San Francisco, and Vancouver Negotiating Demands offers an inside look at the influence of local political, moral, and economic issues on police practices within marginalized communities.
Through an analysis of various theoretical approaches and ethnographic field data, Laura Huey unveils a portrait of skid row policing as a political process. Police are regularly called upon to negotiate often-conflicting sets of demands, especially within the context of disadvantaged or troubled neighbourhoods. Examining a broad spectrum of police procedures and community responses, Huey offers a reconceptualization of the police as political actors who ''negotiate demands'' of different constituencies. How the police meet these demands thr
