Adapting Police Services to New Immigration (Criminal Justice)

Culver, Leigh

ISBN 10: 1593320434 ISBN 13: 9781593320430

Publisher: LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2004

Synopsis

Latino immigration to the Midwest has had a significant impact on police-community relations, particularly, in smaller communities historically unaccustomed to diverse ethnic groups. This book describes the experiences of law enforcement agencies in three Mid-Missouri communities and their efforts to adapt to their changing demographics while maintaining current relations with the majority population. The findings reveal that the relationship between law enforcement and the majority communities was positive and supportive. There were several challenges, however, to the development of a cooperative police-Latino relationship. These included the language barrier, fear of the police, immigration issues and the nature of contacts between the police and Latino community.

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Synopsis:

Culver (Juvenile Justice Institute, U. of Nebraska-Omaha) investigates the impact of new immigration patterns on police-community relations and the related impact on police organizational change in small Midwestern law enforcement agencies. Research on police and community relations in the US has suggested that demographic change and new industrial

About this edition

• Publisher: LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1593320434
• ISBN 13: 9781593320430
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 240