How American policing fails neighborhoods -- and cops
- Written by James J. Nolan, Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
How should we understand the violence, counterviolence and civil unrest that mark the current era in American policing?
And, based on this understanding, what can we do to stop it?
Rather than focus on the characteristics of “bad apple” police officers or angry, revengeful citizens, sociologists like me tend to look at the context in...
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