The relationship between police and the communities and citizens they serve has long been a topic of study and controversy. Sung provides a place-oriented theor

Using data from 42 sizable American cities on their environments and police organizational structures, the book documents the importance of organizational struc

Community policing is a philosophy and organizational strategy that expands the traditional police mandate of fighting crime to include forming partnerships wit

An in-depth critical analysis of how ruling elites use the police institution in order to control communities.