Race, Ethnicity, and Policing: New and Essential Readings
Stephen K. Rice and Michael D. White
Abstract
From Rodney King and “driving while black” to claims of the targeting of undocumented Latino immigrants, relationships surrounding race, ethnicity, and the police have faced great challenge. This book includes both classic pieces and original essays that provide the reader with a comprehensive, even-handed sense of the theoretical underpinnings, methodological challenges, and existing research necessary to understand the problems associated with racial and ethnic profiling and police bias. The book guides readers through the complexity of these issues, making clear the ecological and political ... More
From Rodney King and “driving while black” to claims of the targeting of undocumented Latino immigrants, relationships surrounding race, ethnicity, and the police have faced great challenge. This book includes both classic pieces and original essays that provide the reader with a comprehensive, even-handed sense of the theoretical underpinnings, methodological challenges, and existing research necessary to understand the problems associated with racial and ethnic profiling and police bias. The book guides readers through the complexity of these issues, making clear the ecological and political contexts that surround them, and laying the groundwork for future discussions. The chapters illustrate that equitable treatment of citizens across racial and ethnic groups by police is one of the most critical components of a successful democracy, and that it is only when agents of social control are viewed as efficient, effective, and legitimate that citizens will comply with the laws that govern their society.
Keywords:
Latino immigrants,
race,
ethnicity,
police bias,
racial profiling,
ethnic profiling,
equitable treatment,
citizens,
democracy
Bibliographic Information
Print publication date: 2010 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780814776155 |
Published to NYU Press Scholarship Online: March 2016 |
DOI:10.18574/nyu/9780814776155.001.0001 |