The Last Neighborhood Cops : the Rise and Fall of Community Policing in New York Public Housing.

The Last Neighborhood Cops : the Rise and Fall of Community Policing in New York Public Housing.

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Author / Creator:	Umbach, Fritz.
Imprint:	Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (248 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Critical Issues in Crime and Society
Subject:	Community policing -- New York (State) -- New York. Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York. Community policing. Public housing. New York (State) -- New York. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11125130

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ISBN:	9780813552354 0813552354
Notes:	In English. Print version record.
Summary:	The Last Neighborhood Cops reveals the history of the residents and cops who forged community policing in the public housing complexes of New York City during the second half of the twentieth century. It draws on buried and confidential police records and voices of retired officers and older residents to help explore the rise and fall of the New York City Housing Authority Police Department's (HAPD) community-based strategy, while questioning its tactical effectiveness.
Other form:	Print version: Umbach, Fritz. Last Neighborhood Cops : The Rise and Fall of Community Policing in New York Public Housing. Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, ©2011 9780813549064
Standard no.:	10.36019/9780813552354

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Summary:	In recent years, community policing has transformed American law enforcement by promising to build trust between citizens and officers. Today, three-quarters of American police departments claim to embrace the strategy. But decades before the phrase was coined, the New York City Housing Authority Police Department (HAPD) had pioneered community-based crime-fighting strategies.<br> <br> The Last Neighborhood Cops reveals the forgotten history of the residents and cops who forged community policing in the public housing complexes of New York City during the second half of the twentieth century. Through a combination of poignant storytelling and historical analysis, Fritz Umbach draws on buried and confidential police records and voices of retired officers and older residents to help explore the rise and fall of the HAPD's community-based strategy, while questioning its tactical effectiveness. The result is a unique perspective on contemporary debates of community policing and historical developments chronicling the influence of poor and working-class populations on public policy making.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (248 pages)
ISBN:	9780813552354 0813552354