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"A critical look at the realities of community policing in South Los Angeles.The Limits of Community Policing addresses conflicts between police and communities. Luis Daniel Gascón and Aaron Roussell depart from traditional conceptions, arguing that community policing—popularized for decades as a racial panacea—is not the solution it seems to be.Tracing this policy back to its origins, they focus on the Los Angeles Police Department, which first introduced community policing after the high-profile Rodney King riots. Drawing on over sixty interviews with officers, residents, and stakeholders in South LA’s “Lakeside” precinct, they show how police tactics amplified—rather than resolved—racial tensions, complicating partnership efforts, crime response and prevention, and accountability.Gascón and Roussell shine a new light on the residents of this neighborhood to address the enduring—and frequently explosive—conflicts between police and communities. At a time when these issues have taken center stage, this volume offers a critical understanding of how community policing really works." -- Publisher's description.

Police --- Community policing --- Police-community relations --- African Americans --- Hispanic Americans --- Complaints against --- California --- Black studies. --- Latino studies. --- advocacy. --- civilian review boards. --- collaborative ethnography. --- collaborative governance. --- community governance. --- community policing. --- consumer capitalism. --- corporate sponsorship. --- crime prevention. --- genealogy. --- governmentality. --- grassroots activism. --- language differences. --- legality. --- liberalism. --- moral order. --- neighborhood disputes. --- pathologization. --- police accountability. --- police authority. --- police commission. --- police legitimacy. --- police workforce. --- policeability. --- postindustrial city. --- post–civil rights era. --- public complaints. --- public perceptions. --- public service. --- race relations. --- racial order. --- regulation. --- repression. --- responsibilization. --- riot commission. --- riot commissions. --- social change. --- social organization. --- street history. --- symbolic interaction. --- urban redevelopment. --- urban riots. --- urban sociology. --- urban studies.