Becoming New York’s Finest

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Race, Gender, and the Integration of the NYPD, 1935-1980

ISBN: 1137321938
ISBN 13: 9781137321930
Autor: Darien, A
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: xx, 279 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.10.2013
Auflage: 1/2013
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: Gebunden

NYPD: The New York police, as the largest police force in the US, remains a subject of ongoing fascination. Recent revelations of racial profiling and other unsavory policies in post-9/11 New York make this study particularly relevant.ACCESSIBLE: Darien has framed his study with a straightforward, engaging narrative, making the book of particular interest for students, practitioners, and select readers of New York-related books.GENDER: Darien’s book makes a particularly novel contribution in tying in the story of female police officers into the broader story of integration.

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Beschreibung

After excluding women and African Americans from its ranks for most of its history, the New York City Police Department undertook an aggressive campaign of integration following World War II. This is the first comprehensive account of how and why the NYPD came to see integration as a highly coveted political tool, indispensable to policing.

Autorenporträt

Andrew Darien is Associate Professor of History at Salem State University, USA, where he teaches courses in modern United States History and Oral History. He has published widely on civil rights, New York history, and oral history.

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