TY - BOOK AU - Herbert,Steven Kelly TI - Citizens, cops, and power: recognizing the limits of community SN - 9780226327358 (electronic bk.) AV - HN90.C6 H47 2006 U1 - 363.2/3/0973 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Community organization KW - United States KW - Community life KW - Community policing KW - Police-community relations KW - Crime prevention KW - Citizen participation KW - Organisation communautaire KW - États-Unis KW - Communauté KW - Police communautaire KW - Relations police-collectivité KW - Criminalité KW - Prévention KW - Participation des citoyens KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Political Freedom & Security KW - Law Enforcement KW - bisacsh KW - Kommunalpolitik KW - swd KW - Polizeiaufgabe KW - Kriminalität KW - Prävention KW - USA KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-177) and index; 1. The terrain of community -- 2. The political status of community -- 3. Elusive legitimacy : subservient, separate, or generative? -- 4. "Don't drink the Kool-Aid" : on the resistance to community policing -- 5. "It is so difficult" : the complicated pathways of police-community relations -- 6. The unbearable lightness of community N2 - Politicians, citizens, and police agencies have long embraced community policing, hoping to reduce crime and disorder by strengthening the ties between urban residents and the officers entrusted with their protection. That strategy seems to make sense, but in Citizens, Cops, and Power, Steve Herbert reveals the reasons why it rarely, if ever, works. Drawing on data he collected in diverse Seattle neighborhoods from interviews with residents, observation of police officers, and attendance at community-police meetings, Herbert identifies the many obstacles that make effective collaboration betwe UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=315497 ER -