Policing and Race in America: Economic, Political, and Social Dynamics

James D. Ward teaches in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University-Newark.

This valuable collection shows how racial disparities in police stops, police shootings, and other law enforcement activities grow from deep institutional patterns in policing and urban governance, challenging public administration scholars and practitioners alike to think more deeply and act with greater determination to address one of the most troubling and important problems of our time.--Charles Epp, University of Kansas

The power of this important and timely book is the broad perspective provided on the issue of policing and race in America. While effectively documenting the fundamental importance of interactions between law enforcement and minority residents on their psychological, social, and economic conditions, the authors convincingly argue that improving relations requires a multi-dimensional examination of larger questions of individual and institutionalized racism in American culture.--Tom Barth, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Part I: Political Challenges 1.Policing and Race in America: Economic, Political, and Social Dynamics James D. Ward 2.What to Do When the Yelling Stops: How Black Lives Matter Can Have Lasting Impact Donomic Bearfield, Robert Maranto, and Ian Kingsbury 3.Contemporary Police and Minorities in the United States: Causes, Theories, and Solutions John Eterno and Christine Barrow 4.Leveraging the Intersection of Politics, Problem and Policy in Organizational and Social Change: An Historical Analysis of the Detroit, Los Angeles, and Atlanta Police Departments Andrew J. Grandage, Britt S. Aliperti and Brian N. Williams 5.Policy Feedback: Government Skepticism Trickling from Immigration to Matters of Health Vanessa Cruz Nichols, Alana M.W. LeBron, and Francisco I. Pedraza Part II: Economic Realities 6.What Have We Learned about Incarceration and Race? Lessons from 30 years of Research Samuel L. Myers, Jr. 7.Should More Law Enforcement be the Answer to Crime? Ronald Zullo 8.Punishing Members of Disadvantaged Minority Groups for Calling 911 Barry D. Friedman and Maria J. Albo Part III: Social Ramifications 9.Check Your Bubble! Mindful Intersections of Trauma and Community Policing Sharlene Graham Boltz 10.Assessing Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Consequences of Police Use of Force Jared Ellison and Benjamin Steiner 11.Bridging the Safety Divide Through Technology to Improve the Partnership between Students and Campus Law Enforcement: An "App" Opportunity Edward Dillon, Brian N. Williams, Seong C. Kang, Juan E. Gilbert, Julian Brinkley, and Dekita Moon. 12.Community Policing as a Solution: What is the Evidence? Lauren Edwards and Ian Klein 13.Developing a Comparativist Ethics for the Evaluative Study of Racialized Police Violence Mario A. Rivera and James D. Ward Conclusion: Reflections on Realities, Challenges, and Ramifications James D. Ward