Hope and Struggle in the Policed City: Black Criminalization and Resistance in Philadelphia - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479823987ISBN-10:1479823988UPC:9781479823987Book Category:Political Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Law Enforcement, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, Race & Ethnic RelationsBook Topic:AmericanSize:9.10 x 5.90 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCHP8CW5XG
Hope and Struggle in the Policed City: Black Criminalization and Resistance in Philadelphia
Explores how concerns about poverty-induced Black crime cultivated by police, journalists, and city officials sparked a rise in tough-on-crime policing in Philadelphia
During the Great Migration of African Americans to the North, Philadelphia's police department, journalists, and city officials used news media to create and reinforce narratives that criminalized Black people and led to police...Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479823987ISBN-10:1479823988UPC:9781479823987Book Category:Political Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Law Enforcement, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, Race & Ethnic RelationsBook Topic:AmericanSize:9.10 x 5.90 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCHP8CW5XG
Menika B. Dirkson is Assistant Professor of African American History at Morgan State University.
Publisher: New York University Press
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