Description
Book SynopsisTells the story of social injustice, racialized policing, nationally profiled shootings, and the ambiguousness of black life in a suburban context.This title examines a fraught police-citizen interface, where blacks are segregated and yet forced to negotiate overlapping spaces with their more affluent white counterparts.
Trade Review"Boyles brings two fresh perspectives to the table of policing literature. First, her focus is on suburbia rather than the more traditional policing milieu of cities. Second, she expands the conversation from the police to the body politic as a whole. This latter novelty is arguably the most important addition Boyles makes to the policing literature." Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books "Rarely do we scrutinize the persistent inequalities between white and black America at the root of these social problems. It is in this context that Andrea Boyles' book Race, Place, and Suburban Policing is so timely... informative." Contemporary Sociology "Boyles presents a unique and innovative understanding of the relationship between race, place, and policing." Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice & Criminology "Sounding the call for more research into suburbs is Andrea Boyles's very timely Race, Place, and Suburban Policing." Sociological Forum
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword, by Rod K. Brunson
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 • Race, Place, and Policing in the United States
2 • “You’re nothing but trash over here . . .”: Black Faces in White Places
3 • There’s a New Sheriff in Town: Th e Police Making Contact
4 • “It’s the same song . . .”: The Tragedies of Kevin Johnson and Charles “Cookie” Thornton
5 • The Road to Reconciliation
Conclusion and Discussion
Epilogue
Appendix: Study Participants
Notes
References
Index
