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Policing Multi-Ethnic Neighborhoods: The Miami Study and Findings for Law Enforcement in the United States (Contributions in Criminology and Penology)
Policing MultiEthnic Neighborhoods The Miami Study and Findings for Law Enforcement in the United States - Contributions in Criminology and Penology Author:Geoffrey P. Alpert, Roger G. Dunham "A fascinating and well-written book by an established researcher in the field. Alpert treats problems faced by police in rapidly changing multiethnic communities such as Miami-Dade County, the locus of the study. The focus on the relationship of informal and formal social control systems provides more insight into the vicissitudes of ethnic nei... more »ghborhoods and their support of the police than might ever be gained from hours of Miami Vice. The book offers sociohistorical background material, conceptual and analytical frameworks, methods, data, analysis, and data interpretation. Alpert finds that neither police nor members of black communities perceived the degree of congruence in these areas with policing reported for Cuban and Anglo communities. Residence in specific neighborhoods was more significant than ethnicity or gender in perceptions of policing. . . . Excellent bibliography. Upper-division undergraduates and above." Choice« less