Uniform Behavior: Police Localism and National Politics

This book places in historical context the continuing push-pull dynamics between national politics and the entrenched tradition of local control over law enforcement in the U.S. Drawing on the present sense of urgency around the War on Terror and earlier national political initiatives that have sought to influence law enforcement at the local level, this multidisciplinary collection addresses key questions about how national and geopolitical developments come to shape local policing, and inform who decides how, and to what end, local police forces will maintain public order, interact with local communities, and address issues of accountability, oversight, and reform.

Author: S. McGoldrick
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/23/2006
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.62h x 5.64w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781403971708

About the Author
Stacy K. McGoldrick is Assistant Professor of Sociology, Cal Poly Pomona. Andrea McArdle is Associate Professor of Law, City University of New York School of Law.