The last neighborhood cops the rise and fall of community policing in New York public housing /

Main Author: Umbach, Gregory Holcomb.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2011.
Series:Critical issues in crime and society
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10537887
Table of 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.