In recent years, community policing has transformed American law enforcement by promising to build trust between citizens and officers. Today, three-quarters of

Data is from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods.

"This book explores the relationships between racial segregation, urban governance, and policing in a postindustrial city. Drawing on rich ethnographic data and

Cites successful examples of community-based policing.

Throughout the Jim Crow era, southern police departments played a vital role in the maintenance of white supremacy. Police targeted African Americans through an