Policing space : territoriality and the Los Angeles Police Department / Steve Herbert.
Policing Space is a fascinating firsthand account of how the Los Angeles Police Department attempts to control its vast, heterogeneous territory. As such, the book offers a rare, ground-level look at the relationship between the control of space and the exercise of power. Author Steve Herbert spent...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from JSTOR |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, ©1997. |
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| Summary: | Policing Space is a fascinating firsthand account of how the Los Angeles Police Department attempts to control its vast, heterogeneous territory. As such, the book offers a rare, ground-level look at the relationship between the control of space and the exercise of power. Author Steve Herbert spent eight months observing one patrol division of the LAPD on the job. A compelling story in itself, his fieldwork with the officers in the Wilshire Division affords readers a close view of the complex factors at play in how the police define and control territory, how they make and mark space. A. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 194 pages) : maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816687695 0816687692 |
| Access: | Access limited to authorized users. |