Bibliograph

Tangled up in blue, policing the American city, Rosa Brooks

Type

Label

Tangled up in blue, policing the American city, Rosa Brooks

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-367)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tangled up in blue

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1155702607

Responsibility statement

Rosa Brooks

Sub title

policing the American city

Summary

In 2015, against the advice of everyone she knew, Brooks applied to become a sworn, armed reserve police officer with the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department. The Black Lives Matter movement was gaining momentum, protests wracked America's cities, and each day brought more stories of cruel, corrupt cops, police violence, and the racial disparities that mar our criminal justice system. In the poorest, most crime-ridden neighborhoods of the nation's capital, Brooks found a reality far more complex than the headlines suggested. In a nation increasingly divided by race, class, ethnicity, geography, and ideology, she argues that a truly transformative approach to policing requires us to move beyond sound bites, slogans, and stereotypes. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

Because it was there -- The Academy -- The street -- Epilogue

Classification