Race, Riots, and the Police
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (560 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1626375585 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 209 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Howard Rahtz served for nearly two decades with the Cincinnati Police Department, retiring in 2007 as commander of the Vice Control Unit. He currently teaches at police academies in the area and speaks nationally on police reform. He is the author of Community Policing: A Handbook and Understanding Police Use of Force.
A Good Read Trail walker Race, Riots, and the Police is a thought provoking book that has been thoroughly researched and well put together. Rahtz details this country’s long history of tension between the black community and police but goes further than just reciting the many issues in t
Race, Riots, and the Police shows how our tough-on-crime strategies have perpetuated structural racism in our criminal justice system and also changed the nature of law enforcement away from guarding our communities. (Diane Goldstein, Executive Board, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP)) . But Rahtz does not just point out what has gone wrong; he provides a compelling vision of what policing can look like if law enforcement leaders have the political will and the courage to change
Can this dismal state of affairs be changed? Can the distrust between black citizens and the police ever be transformed into mutual respect? Howard Rahtz addresses this issue, first tracing the history of race riots in the US and then drawing on both the lessons of that history and his own first-hand experience to offer a realistic approach for developing and maintaining a police force that is a true community partner.. Reflected almost daily in headlines, the enormous rift between the police and the communities they serveespecial