Career experiences of African American police executives : black in blue revisited / R. Alan Thompson.

ISBN:

9781593320522

9781280361319

Title:

Career experiences of African American police executives : black in blue revisited / R. Alan Thompson.

Author:

Thompson, R. Alan.

Personal Author:

Thompson, R. Alan.

Publication Information:

New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2003.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 178 pages).

Series:

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Contents:

Foreword / W. Marvin Dulaney -- Acknowledgments -- Chap. 1. The impetus for racial integration of American policing -- Chap. 2. A brief history of black police -- Chap. 3. Early treatment of black officers by police departments -- Chap. 4. Black and white officers together on the job -- Chap. 5. Black officers and the black community -- Chap. 6. Black officers and the white community -- Chap. 7. Institutional barriers to widespread promotion -- Chap. 8. A tentative notion of the black executive's working world -- Chap. 9. The research initiative -- Chap. 10. Research findings -- Chap. 11. Observations and conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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Subject Term:

Police chiefs -- United States.

African American police.

Occupations and race.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2003

Publication Information:

New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2003.

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Summary

Thompson studies the career experiences of over 100 black police executives, many of whom command some of the nation's largest and most progressive law enforcement agencies. Considering their relationships with white colleagues as well as black and white citizens, he asks them what it was like to advance through the ranks of a historically white-dominated profession. Thompson examines common assumptions regarding the careers of these professionals, all of whom confronted, yet overcame, considerable opposition and discrimination. The results of this unprecedented exploration provide readers as well as aspiring black police executives with unique insight into the events that have shaped the philosophies of these increasingly influential social policy leaders.