Democracy and the police / David Alan Sklansky.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Critical perspectives on crime and law.
Main Author: Sklansky, David A., 1959-
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2008], ©2008.
Series:Critical perspectives on crime and law.
Subjects:
Police > United States.
Police-community relations > United States.
Rule of law > United States.
Democracy > United States.
Physical Description:x, 269 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preventing the police state : the rise of democratic pluralism
  • "Where officers are under the law" : pluralist policing
  • Losing faith in Sergeant Friday : pluralism's fall
  • Public safety as community empowerment : participation and the police
  • Deepening the "democratic" in democratic policing
  • Police and community
  • Police and equality
  • Police and participation.