Description: Race and Police Brutality : Roots of an Urban Dilemma, Paperback by Holmes, Malcolm D.; Smith, Brad W., ISBN 0791476200, ISBN-13 9780791476208, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US What causes police brutality, and why are minority citizens the primary victims? Social scientists often attribute the behavior to poorly managed police departments, bad cops, or the interests of the powerful in controlling minorities perceived as criminal threats. Malcolm D. Holmes and Brad W. Smith contend that these explanations fail to identify key causes of police misconduct, particularly the use of excessive force. Focusing on the interaction of ordinary social-psychological processes and the disadvantaged conditions of minority neighborhoods, Holmes and Smith develop an integrated model of police brutality that takes into account contemporary theory and research on social identity, stereotypes, and emotions—factors that produce intergroup tensions and may trigger unwarranted acts of aggression. Their approach overcomes existing theoretical difficulties and raises the question of how this complex social problem might be effectively addressed.
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Book Title: Race and Police Brutality : Roots of an Urban Dilemma
Number of Pages: 196 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: STATE University of New York Press
Topic: Minority Studies, Discrimination & Race Relations, Law Enforcement, Criminology, Sociology / Urban
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2008
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Social Science
Item Weight: 9.9 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Malcolm D. Holmes, Brad W. Smith
Book Series: Suny Series in Deviance and Social Control Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
