"Clear, concise, and filled with new materials, the book sets a high standard . . . Scholars in African American, police, and urban history will all be grateful

From New York to Los Angeles, police departments across the country are consistently accused of racism. Although historically white police precincts have been s

Traces the growth, disappearance, and eventual return of an African American presence in police forces, and links developments to changes in Black influence on

During his 28-year career, Matthew Horace rose through the ranks from a police officer working the beat to a federal agent working criminal cases in some of the

Why the Police Should be Trained by Black People aligns scholarly and community efforts to address how Black people are policed. It combines traditional models