The Limits of Community Policing

Aaron Roussell, Luis Daniel Gascón

ISBN 10: 1479871206 / ISBN 13: 9781479871209

Published by New York University Press, US, 2019

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A critical look at the realities of community policing in South Los Angeles The Limits of Community Policing addresses conflicts between police and communities. Luis Daniel Gascón and Aaron Roussell depart from traditional conceptions, arguing that community policing-popularized for decades as a racial panacea-is not the solution it seems to be. Tracing this policy back to its origins, they focus on the Los Angeles Police Department, which first introduced community policing after the high-profile Rodney King riots. Drawing on over sixty interviews with officers, residents, and stakeholders in South LA's "Lakeside" precinct, they show how police tactics amplified-rather than resolved-racial tensions, complicating partnership efforts, crime response and prevention, and accountability. Gascón and Roussell shine a new light on the residents of this neighborhood to address the enduring-and frequently explosive-conflicts between police and communities. At a time when these issues have taken center stage, this volume offers a critical understanding of how community policing really works.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Limits of Community Policing
• Publisher: New York University Press, US
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1479871206
• ISBN 13: 9781479871209
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A critical look at the realities of community policing in South Los Angeles

The Limits of Community Policing addresses conflicts between police and communities. Luis Daniel Gascón and Aaron Roussell depart from traditional conceptions, arguing that community policing―popularized for decades as a racial panacea―is not the solution it seems to be.

Tracing this policy back to its origins, they focus on the Los Angeles Police Department, which first introduced community policing after the high-profile Rodney King riots. Drawing on over sixty interviews with officers, residents, and stakeholders in South LA’s “Lakeside” precinct, they show how police tactics amplified―rather than resolved―racial tensions, complicating partnership efforts, crime response and prevention, and accountability.

Gascón and Roussell shine a new light on the residents of this neighborhood to address the enduring―and frequently explosive―conflicts between police and communities. At a time when these issues have taken center stage, this volume offers a critical understanding of how community policing really works.

About the Authors

Luis Daniel Gascón is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of San Francisco.

Aaron Roussell is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Portland State University.