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Author: Stephen D. Harper Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 115
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Oftentimes, we find ourselves entering various stages of life unaware of the outcome. Some enter from a faith-based perspective, while others operate a different way. Chances are, we are driven by what we think is right for us, at the time. It’s part of our human experience; knowing what serves you. The challenges placed on our path to success help develop and shape who we need to become in the future. They are expected but unforeseeable; anticipated but not specific. Stephen Harper’s journey in law enforcement proved to be no different. His challenges, however, led to a greater sense of accomplishment. As a former, South Florida cop, Stephen recognizes the police problem this nation faces; especially when it comes to the treatment of the Black community. Therefore, he has offered a solution for the on-going issue. His suggestions aim to reduce tensions between law enforcement and the Black community. It will uplift both those who still work in the profession as well as those who do not. His stories are very informative, very relatable. With an insightful view into the police mentality, Stephen imparts just how the police think, work and act when dealing with the public. He even advises what responses they are looking for during certain encounters; and how to avoid preventable jail time; based upon certain conduct in the presence of the police. Those who wish to avoid heightened police encounters will benefit from the information contained in this book. It is a transformational nonfiction, solution-based book, that offers distinctive measures for a new perspective on policing, attributable from Stephen Harper’s success in the law enforcement profession. This book is based on true events. The reader will appreciate his candor, his honesty, and his bravery; adding value to all those who read it.
Author: Stephen D. Harper Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 115
Book Description
Oftentimes, we find ourselves entering various stages of life unaware of the outcome. Some enter from a faith-based perspective, while others operate a different way. Chances are, we are driven by what we think is right for us, at the time. It’s part of our human experience; knowing what serves you. The challenges placed on our path to success help develop and shape who we need to become in the future. They are expected but unforeseeable; anticipated but not specific. Stephen Harper’s journey in law enforcement proved to be no different. His challenges, however, led to a greater sense of accomplishment. As a former, South Florida cop, Stephen recognizes the police problem this nation faces; especially when it comes to the treatment of the Black community. Therefore, he has offered a solution for the on-going issue. His suggestions aim to reduce tensions between law enforcement and the Black community. It will uplift both those who still work in the profession as well as those who do not. His stories are very informative, very relatable. With an insightful view into the police mentality, Stephen imparts just how the police think, work and act when dealing with the public. He even advises what responses they are looking for during certain encounters; and how to avoid preventable jail time; based upon certain conduct in the presence of the police. Those who wish to avoid heightened police encounters will benefit from the information contained in this book. It is a transformational nonfiction, solution-based book, that offers distinctive measures for a new perspective on policing, attributable from Stephen Harper’s success in the law enforcement profession. This book is based on true events. The reader will appreciate his candor, his honesty, and his bravery; adding value to all those who read it.
Author: Sanya Whittaker Gragg Publisher: 3g Publishing ISBN: 9781736535301 Category : Languages : en Pages : 34
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Starred Review from The School Library Journal Parents & Teachers can use this book as conversation starter about race and the police.
Author: Charles R. Epp Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 022611404X Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 273
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In sheer numbers, no form of government control comes close to the police stop. Each year, twelve percent of drivers in the United States are stopped by the police, and the figure is almost double among racial minorities. Police stops are among the most recognizable and frequently criticized incidences of racial profiling, but, while numerous studies have shown that minorities are pulled over at higher rates, none have examined how police stops have come to be both encouraged and institutionalized. Pulled Over deftly traces the strange history of the investigatory police stop, from its discredited beginning as “aggressive patrolling” to its current status as accepted institutional practice. Drawing on the richest study of police stops to date, the authors show that who is stopped and how they are treated convey powerful messages about citizenship and racial disparity in the United States. For African Americans, for instance, the experience of investigatory stops erodes the perceived legitimacy of police stops and of the police generally, leading to decreased trust in the police and less willingness to solicit police assistance or to self-censor in terms of clothing or where they drive. This holds true even when police are courteous and respectful throughout the encounters and follow seemingly colorblind institutional protocols. With a growing push in recent years to use local police in immigration efforts, Hispanics stand poised to share African Americans’ long experience of investigative stops. In a country that celebrates democracy and racial equality, investigatory stops have a profound and deleterious effect on African American and other minority communities that merits serious reconsideration. Pulled Over offers practical recommendations on how reforms can protect the rights of citizens and still effectively combat crime.
Author: Angela J. Davis Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 1101871288 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 353
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A comprehensive, readable analysis of the key issues of the Black Lives Matter movement, this thought-provoking and compelling anthology features essays by some of the nation’s most influential and respected criminal justice experts and legal scholars. “Somewhere among the anger, mourning and malice that Policing the Black Man documents lies the pursuit of justice. This powerful book demands our fierce attention.” —Toni Morrison Policing the Black Man explores and critiques the many ways the criminal justice system impacts the lives of African American boys and men at every stage of the criminal process, from arrest through sentencing. Essays range from an explication of the historical roots of racism in the criminal justice system to an examination of modern-day police killings of unarmed black men. The contributors discuss and explain racial profiling, the power and discretion of police and prosecutors, the role of implicit bias, the racial impact of police and prosecutorial decisions, the disproportionate imprisonment of black men, the collateral consequences of mass incarceration, and the Supreme Court’s failure to provide meaningful remedies for the injustices in the criminal justice system. Policing the Black Man is an enlightening must-read for anyone interested in the critical issues of race and justice in America.
Author: Andrea J. Ritchie Publisher: Beacon Press ISBN: 0807088986 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 362
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“A passionate, incisive critique of the many ways in which women and girls of color are systematically erased or marginalized in discussions of police violence.” —Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow Invisible No More is a timely examination of how Black women, Indigenous women, and women of color experience racial profiling, police brutality, and immigration enforcement. By placing the individual stories of Sandra Bland, Rekia Boyd, Dajerria Becton, Monica Jones, and Mya Hall in the broader context of the twin epidemics of police violence and mass incarceration, Andrea Ritchie documents the evolution of movements centered around women’s experiences of policing. Featuring a powerful forward by activist Angela Davis, Invisible No More is an essential exposé on police violence against WOC that demands a radical rethinking of our visions of safety—and the means we devote to achieving it.
Author: Jason Reynolds Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1481463357 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 229
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A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, and recipient of the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature. In this New York Times bestselling novel, two teens—one black, one white—grapple with the repercussions of a single violent act that leaves their school, their community, and, ultimately, the country bitterly divided by racial tension. A bag of chips. That’s all sixteen-year-old Rashad is looking for at the corner bodega. What he finds instead is a fist-happy cop, Paul Galluzzo, who mistakes Rashad for a shoplifter, mistakes Rashad’s pleadings that he’s stolen nothing for belligerence, mistakes Rashad’s resistance to leave the bodega as resisting arrest, mistakes Rashad’s every flinch at every punch the cop throws as further resistance and refusal to STAY STILL as ordered. But how can you stay still when someone is pounding your face into the concrete pavement? There were witnesses: Quinn Collins—a varsity basketball player and Rashad’s classmate who has been raised by Paul since his own father died in Afghanistan—and a video camera. Soon the beating is all over the news and Paul is getting threatened with accusations of prejudice and racial brutality. Quinn refuses to believe that the man who has basically been his savior could possibly be guilty. But then Rashad is absent. And absent again. And again. And the basketball team—half of whom are Rashad’s best friends—start to take sides. As does the school. And the town. Simmering tensions threaten to explode as Rashad and Quinn are forced to face decisions and consequences they had never considered before. Written in tandem by two award-winning authors, this four-starred reviewed tour de force shares the alternating perspectives of Rashad and Quinn as the complications from that single violent moment, the type taken directly from today’s headlines, unfold and reverberate to highlight an unwelcome truth.
Author: Jewell Parker Rhodes Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ISBN: 0316262250 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 139
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A heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a police officer, drawing connections through history, from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes. Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better. Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation that's been unleashed on his family and community in the wake of what they see as an unjust and brutal killing. Soon Jerome meets another ghost: Emmett Till, a boy from a very different time but similar circumstances. Emmett helps Jerome process what has happened, on a journey towards recognizing how historical racism may have led to the events that ended his life. Jerome also meets Sarah, the daughter of the police officer, who grapples with her father's actions. Once again Jewell Parker Rhodes deftly weaves historical and socio-political layers into a gripping and poignant story about how children and families face the complexities of today's world, and how one boy grows to understand American blackness in the aftermath of his own death.
Author: Timothy J. Flanagan Publisher: SAGE Publications ISBN: 1452246491 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 237
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This book should be made a part of any college level library that features holdings in social sciences. . . . Americans View Crime and Justice presents a national public opinion survey and its results on the issues. These edited results of a survey conducted in 1995 examine such issues as gun control, capital punishment, and juvenile crime, offering public opinion along with the analyses of a panel of criminologists. --The Midwest Book Review Readable and carefully edited, Americans View Crime and Justice reports and analyzes results from the recent National Crime and Justice Survey (NCJS), the richest and most wide-ranging investigation of public opinion on crime and justice issues in more than a decade. Conducted in June 1995, the survey features responses from 1,000 adults in the United States on now-volatile issues such as fear of crime, gun control, capital punishment, juvenile crime, and additional related topics of national concern. A distinguished panel of criminologists analyzes the collected data in this volume to present a comprehensive report on the development and current status of public opinion on these timely issues. Divided into three sections—context and framework; findings; and opinion, policy, and science—this authoritative volume also analyzes the implications of the survey data. Providing interesting insights and timely quantification of Americans′ view of crime and justice, this volume offers a unique view of public opinion particularly important to the work of researchers, law enforcement personnel, policy makers, public officials, and students of criminology and criminal justice, law, and political science.
Author: Ron Stallworth Publisher: Flatiron Books ISBN: 1250299039 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 206
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The #1 New York Times Bestseller! The extraordinary true story and basis for the Academy Award winning film BlacKkKlansman, written and directed by Spike Lee, produced by Jordan Peele, and starring John David Washington and Adam Driver. When detective Ron Stallworth, the first black detective in the history of the Colorado Springs Police Department, comes across a classified ad in the local paper asking for all those interested in joining the Ku Klux Klan to contact a P.O. box, Detective Stallworth does his job and responds with interest, using his real name while posing as a white man. He figures he’ll receive a few brochures in the mail, maybe even a magazine, and learn more about a growing terrorist threat in his community. A few weeks later the office phone rings, and the caller asks Ron a question he thought he’d never have to answer, “Would you like to join our cause?” This is 1978, and the KKK is on the rise in the United States. Its Grand Wizard, David Duke, has made a name for himself, appearing on talk shows, and major magazine interviews preaching a “kinder” Klan that wants nothing more than to preserve a heritage, and to restore a nation to its former glory. Ron answers the caller’s question that night with a yes, launching what is surely one of the most audacious, and incredible undercover investigations in history. Ron recruits his partner Chuck to play the "white" Ron Stallworth, while Stallworth himself conducts all subsequent phone conversations. During the months-long investigation, Stallworth sabotages cross burnings, exposes white supremacists in the military, and even befriends David Duke himself. Black Klansman is an amazing true story that reads like a crime thriller, and a searing portrait of a divided America and the extraordinary heroes who dare to fight back.
Author: Ilana Feldman Publisher: Stanford University Press ISBN: 0804795371 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 225
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Egypt came to govern Gaza as a result of a war, a failed effort to maintain Arab Palestine. Throughout the twenty years of its administration (1948–1967), Egyptian policing of Gaza concerned itself not only with crime and politics, but also with control of social and moral order. Through surveillance, interrogation, and a network of local informants, the police extended their reach across the public domain and into private life, seeing Palestinians as both security threats and vulnerable subjects who needed protection. Security practices produced suspicion and safety simultaneously. Police Encounters explores the paradox of Egyptian rule. Drawing on a rich and detailed archive of daily police records, the book describes an extensive security apparatus guided by intersecting concerns about national interest, social propriety, and everyday illegality. In pursuit of security, Egyptian policing established a relatively safe society, but also one that blocked independent political activity. The repressive aspects of the security society that developed in Gaza under Egyptian rule are beyond dispute. But repression does not tell the entire story about its impact on Gaza. Policing also provided opportunities for people to make claims of government, influence their neighbors, and protect their families.
Author: Stephen D. Harper
Author: Stephen D. Harper
Author: Sanya Whittaker Gragg
Author: Charles R. Epp
Author: Angela J. Davis
Author: Andrea J. Ritchie
Author: Jason Reynolds
Author: Jewell Parker Rhodes
Author: Timothy J. Flanagan
Author: Ron Stallworth
Author: Ilana Feldman