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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : White, Michael Douglas (1951-....)
Fradella, Henry F.
Titre(s) : Stop and frisk [Texte imprimé] : the use and abuse of a controversial policing tactic / Michael D. White and Henry F. Fradella
Publication : New York : New York University press, copyright 2016
Description matérielle : viii, 253 pages ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-243) and index
"No policing tactic has been more controversial than "stop and frisk," whereby police
officers stop, question and frisk ordinary citizens, who they may view as potential
suspects, on the streets. As Michael White and Hank Fradella show in Stop and Frisk,
the first authoritative history and analysis of this tactic, there is a disconnect
between our everyday understanding and the historical and legal foundations for this
policing strategy. First ruled constitutional in 1968, stop and frisk would go on
to become a central tactic of modern day policing, particularly by the New York City
Police Department. By 2011 the NYPD recorded 685,000 'stop-question-and-frisk' interactions
with citizens; yet, in 2013, a landmark decision ruled that the police had over- and
mis-used this tactic. Stop and Frisk tells the story of how and why this happened,
and offers ways that police departments can better serve their citizens. They also
offer a convincing argument that stop and frisk did not contribute as greatly to the
drop in New York's crime rates as many proponents, like former NYPD Police Commissioner
Ray Kelly and Mayor Michael Bloomberg, have argued. While much of the book focuses
on the NYPD's use of stop and frisk, examples are also shown from police departments
around the country, including Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, Newark and Detroit.
White and Fradella argue that not only does stop and frisk have a legal place in 21st-century
policing but also that it can be judiciously used to help deter crime in a way that
respects the rights and needs of citizens. They also offer insight into the history
of racial injustice that has all too often been a feature of American policing's history
and propose concrete strategies that every police department can follow to improve
the way they police. A hard-hitting yet nuanced analysis, Stop and Frisk shows how
the tactic can be a just act of policing and, in turn, shows how to police in the
best interest of citizens." -- Publisher's description
Also available as an e-book
Sujet(s) : Arrestation -- États-Unis
Perquisitions et saisies -- États-Unis
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice -- États-Unis
Profilage ethnique -- États-Unis
Indice(s) Dewey :
363.230 973 (23e éd.)
Numéros : ISBN 9781479835881. - ISBN 1479835889. - ISBN 1479857815. - ISBN 9781479857814
Notice n° :
FRBNF45760872
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Two tales of stop and frisk ; The historical context ; The contemporary legal context
; Crime-control benefits and collateral consequences (with Weston Morrow) ; Beyond
a few bad apples ; The future of stop and frisk
