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Policing Urban Poverty

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  • © 2000

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Authors:
  1. Chris Crowther

    1. Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, High Wycombe, UK

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  1. Jo Campling
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Chris Crowther
    Pages 1-18

  3. Historical Perspectives on Poverty and Crime

    • Chris Crowther
    Pages 19-40

  4. Debating Poverty and Crime in the US: from Moynihan to Murray

    • Chris Crowther
    Pages 41-63

  5. Poverty and Crime in Britain

    • Chris Crowther
    Pages 64-86

  6. From Theory to Practice

    • Chris Crowther
    Pages 87-106

  7. The Police Policy Process in Modern Society

    • Chris Crowther
    Pages 107-131

  8. Policing and the Power of Public Debate

    • Chris Crowther
    Pages 132-156

  9. Policing Poor Communities

    • Chris Crowther
    Pages 157-180

  10. The Changing Nature of Crime and the Workless Society

    • Chris Crowther
    Pages 181-202

  11. Conclusion

    • Chris Crowther
    Pages 203-222

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 223-264
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Policing Urban Poverty demonstrates that, since the nineteenth century, a core task of the police has been crime control and order maintenance, especially in poor communities. This illuminating book focuses on the policy implications of discourses on poverty and crime in America and Britain. It draws on sociological theory and extensive empirical evidence, which show that in recent history senior police policy-makers have been involved in a struggle with their political masters in determining the most judicious means to tackle urban poverty and crime.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, High Wycombe, UK

    Chris Crowther

About the author

CHRIS CROWTHER is Lecturer in Criminology in the Department of Human Sciences at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, where he has worked since 1997. He formerly taught criminal justice studies at the Scarman Centre for the Study of Public Order, University of Leicester. In addition to a continuing interest in policing, he is currently researching crime, social divisions and community development in southern England.

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