TY - BOOK AU - Leinen,Steven TI - Black Police, White Society SN - 9780814750179 AV - HV8148.N5 U1 - 306.2 PY - 2020///] CY - New York, NY : PB - New York University Press, KW - African American police KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Discrimination in employment KW - Police-community relations KW - Race discrimination KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations KW - bisacsh N1 - restricted access N2 - "Extremely informative. . . deserves a wide readership, both inside and outside police departments."-Publishers Weekly "An imaginative and insightful account of the day-to-day life of the black police officer in a large urban environment. A must read for all police officers, white as well as black."-Marvin BluePresident, Guardians AssociationNew York City Police Department ". . . well written and achieves its purpose. It will be of interest to specialists and students of race relations, urban problems, and criminal justice issues."br›-Library Journal This book is about the world of black police in New York City: who they are, how they work with the department, how they are recruited by whites, how they are treated in turn by their fellow blacks, and how they operate day by day in the richest as well as the poorest parts of the city. Leinen provides direct "ations from police, citizens, city administrators, and street hustlers, as well as detailed assessments of encounters in the everyday relations between police and the public UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814765036 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814765036/original ER -