Book
Police brutality
Record details
- ISBN: 9780737775181
- ISBN: 0737775181
- ISBN: 9780737775198
- ISBN: 073777519X
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Physical Description:
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226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2016]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Are police using excessive force? -- Police brutality must be stopped / Richard Rowe -- There is conflicting information on police brutality / John Wihbey -- Police are racist against minorities / Linn Washington Jr. -- Police are not racist against minorities / James B. Comey -- Police militarization is a problem in America / Carolyn Davis -- Public safety requires police militarization / Jazz Shaw -- Is police brutality a widespread problem in the United States? -- Seven reasons police brutality is systemic, not anecdotal / Bonnie Kristian -- History indicates varied results in improving police brutality in America / Nicole Flatow -- Police brutality is a growing American epidemic / Colin Ochs -- Police brutality is not a growing epidemic / Jack Kerwick -- White America's silence on police brutality is consent / Donovan X. Ramsey -- Police brutality in America is about class, not race / Joseph Kishore -- How can police brutality be stopped? -- Body cameras will stop police brutality / Adam Schiff -- Body cameras will not stop police brutality / Shahid Buttar -- Body cameras are helpful but insufficient for stopping police brutality / Matthew Kovac -- Americans must continue protesting police brutality / Juan Thompson -- Americans should value, not protest, the police / Charlie Dent -- Civilian oversight of police could stop brutality / Michael S. Rozeff -- Civilian oversight of police has benefits and disadvantages / Pete Eyre -- What is the US government's response to police brutality? -- The federal government is failing to correct police brutality / Barry Sussman -- The federal government is enthusiastically combating police brutality / Jessica Wehrman and Jack Torry -- Obama is correct to separate police brutality from racism / Paul Joseph Watson -- Obama is wrong to separate police brutality from racism / Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor -- The Department of Justice cannot correct all police brutality / Imani Gandy -- The Department of Justice can help correct police brutality / Sarah Childress. |
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| Subject: | Police brutality United States Discrimination in law enforcement United States Police Complaints against United States Police-community relations United States |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Kirtland Community College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | HV 8141 .P65 2016 | 30775305511470 | General Collection | Available | - |
| Kirtland Community College Library | HV 8141 .P65 2016 c.2 | 30775305520786 | General Collection | Available | - |
Summary
Police Brutality
Four intriguing questions are asked across four chapters: Are the police using excessive force? Is police brutality a widespread problem in the United States? How can police brutality be stopped? What is the U.S. government's response to police brutality? Essays assembled under each question debate the related topics, allowing readers access to more than one intelligent viewpoint. Essayists include Linn Washington Jr., Jazz Shaw, Colin Ochs, Nicole Flatow, and Michael S. Rozeff.
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