| ISBN |
9780525557852 hardcover |
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0525557857 hardcover |
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9780525557869 electronic book |
| NUMBER |
40030330944 |
| Descript |
367 pages : 25 cm |
| Content |
Part one: Because it was there. Everyone you meet ; I don't even live here ; Animals ; Not my world ; The abyss ; I am pleased to inform you ; Dirt in my eye -- Part two: The academy. Model recruit ; The real lesson ; 10-33 ; What happens on the range ; You live with that forever ; Was that who I was? -- Part three: The street. Sweetheart ; Your tax dollars at work ; In the wagon ; No plot ; Mothers and daughters ; Officer Friendly ; American carnage ; Bad things happen ; Portraying a person ; Parallel worlds ; Like a sparrow ; The secret city ; Cages ; Baked into the system ; One summer day ; Bad choices ; It can be kind of hard to see things clearly ; You'll get yours ; 10-99 ; Epilogue -- Appendix A: What happened next? -- Appendix B: Police for tomorrow |
| Summary |
"Journalist and law professor Rosa Brooks goes beyond the "blue wall of silence" in this radical inside examination of American policing" -- Amazon.com |
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"A radical inside examination of policing in modern America, from a Georgetown University law professor turned reserve police officer" -- Provided by publisher |
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In 2015, against the advice of everyone she knew, Brooks applied to become a sworn, armed reserve police officer with the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department. The Black Lives Matter movement was gaining momentum, protests wracked America's cities, and each day brought more stories of cruel, corrupt cops, police violence, and the racial disparities that mar our criminal justice system. In the poorest, most crime-ridden neighborhoods of the nation's capital, Brooks found a reality far more complex than the headlines suggested. In a nation increasingly divided by race, class, ethnicity, geography, and ideology, she argues that a truly transformative approach to policing requires us to move beyond sound bites, slogans, and stereotypes. -- adapted from jacket |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-367) |
| Subject |
Police -- Washington (D.C.)
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Law enforcement -- Washington (D.C.)
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Washington (D.C.)
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