Policing Urban Poverty (Hardcover)

Policing Urban Poverty provides a comprehensive and wide-ranging analysis of the policy implications of social problems for the welfare state in general and the police service in particular, through an examination of the relationship between discourses on urban poverty, crime and disorder in Britain and America. Drawing on extensive empirical evidence, the book adds to the sociological and historical analyses of these issues by considering their practical relevance at different times and in different places for police policy-makers. Throughout history the police have been charged with the difficult task of peace-keeping and crime-fighting in poor communities, with potentially calamitous consequences when things go wrong. Senior police officers have argued that successive governments have not provided adequate support and guidance to assist them in their attempts to be tough on crime and its causes.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 1999
Authors:	Chris Crowther
Consultant editors:	Jo Campling
Dimensions:	224 x 142 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-0-333-74858-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Poverty Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Unemployment Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Causes & prevention of crime
LSN:	0-333-74858-1
Barcode:	9780333748589

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