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Author Umbach, Gregory Holcomb.

Title The last neighborhood cops [electronic resource] : the rise and fall of community policing in New York public housing / Fritz Umbach.

Imprint New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 233 p. : ill.
Series Critical issues in crime and society
Critical issues in crime and society.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "Our buildings must be patrolled by foot" : policing public housing and New York City politics, 1934-1960 -- "A paradox in urban law enforcement" : residents, officers, and the making of community policing in NYCHA, 1960-1980 -- A confluence of crises : the 1970s and the undermining of community policing -- The end of community policing, 1980-1995 -- A return to origins and the merger, 1990-1995 : losing, saving, and losing the housing police again.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Community policing -- New York (State) -- New York.
Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780813549064 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813552354 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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