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The most comprehensive discussion of the topic to date...White and Fradella offer plausible recommendations for reining in this contentious police practice that promises public safety, but in some communities, has replaced fear of crime with fear of the police. -Delores Jones-Brown,co-author of Policing and Minority Communities Stop and Frisk brings together a considerable volume of previously scattered history, research, theory and commentary on a specific form of police misconduct. In doing so, the authors offer up a treatment of the topic that should be of interest to practitioners and scholars alike. -Victor E. Kappeler,author of Community Policing An uncompromising look at the racist legacies that haunt the contemporary police use of stop and frisk. The authors make a compelling case for why essential constitutional values like dignity are the key to restoring the legitimacy of policing in the 21st century. -Jonathan Simon,author of Governing through Crime This compelling book provides an insightful legal-historical genealogy of the practice of stop and frisk. White and Fradella provide solid recommendations for police departments to implement in order to reduce racial profiling and harassment. -Victor Rios,author of Punished

The most comprehensive discussion of the topic to date.White and Fradella offer plausible recommendations for reining in this contentious police practice that promises public safety, but in some communities, has replaced fear of crime with fear of the police. -- Delores Jones-Brown,co-author of Policing and Minority Communities Stop and Frisk brings together a considerable volume of previously scattered history, research, theory and commentary on a specific form of police misconduct. In doing so, the authors offer up a treatment of the topic that should be of interest to practitioners and scholars alike. -- Victor E. Kappeler,author of Community Policing An uncompromising look at the racist legacies that haunt the contemporary police use of stop and frisk. The authors make a compelling case for why essential constitutional values like dignity are the key to restoring the legitimacy of policing in the 21st century. -- Jonathan Simon,author of Governing through Crime This compelling book provides an insightful legal-historical genealogy of the practice of stop and frisk. White and Fradella provide solid recommendations for police departments to implement in order to reduce racial profiling and harassment. -- Victor Rios,author of Punished [A] critical but balanced examination of [stop-and-frisk], offers a basis for judging whether Trump or Clinton has the better arguments, and charts a way forward...[T]hey also insist, rightly, that when properly regulated, stop-and-frisk is an important tool in the police officer's arsenal. They want to mend it, not end it. * The Washington Post * White and Fradella...broach the topic of the use of stop and frisk as a widespread crime-control strategy leading to the violation of constitutional rights of minorities...Recommended. * Library Journal * Stop and Frisktakes the most balanced perspective in weighing SQF policings benefits and social costs. * Polar Journal *

This compelling book provides an insightfullegal-historical genealogy of the practice of stop and frisk. White and Fradella provide solidrecommendations for police departments to implement in order to reduce racialprofiling and harassment. -Victor Rios,author of Punished An uncompromising look at the racist legaciesthat haunt the contemporary police use of stop and frisk. The authors make a compelling case for whyessential constitutional values like dignity are the key to restoring thelegitimacy of policing in the 21st century. -Jonathan Simon,author of Governing through Crime Stop andFrisk brings together a considerable volume of previously scatteredhistory, research, theory and commentary on a specific form of policemisconduct. In doing so, the authors offer up a treatment of the topic thatshould be of interest to practitioners and scholars alike. -Victor E. Kappeler,author of Community Policing Stop and Frisk takes the most balanced perspective in weighing SQF policing's benefits and social costs. -Polar Journal White and Fradella...broach the topic of the use of stop and frisk as a widespread crime-control strategy leading to the violation of constitutional rights of minorities...Recommended. -Library Journal [A] critical but balanced examination of [stop-and-frisk], offers a basis for judging whether Trump or Clinton has the better arguments, and charts a way forward...[T]hey also insist, rightly, that when properly regulated, stop-and-frisk is an important tool in the police officer's arsenal. They want to mend it, not end it. -The Washington Post The most comprehensive discussion of the topicto date....White and Fradella offer plausible recommendations for reining inthis contentious police practice that promises public safety, but in somecommunities, has replaced fear of crime with fear of the police. -Delores Jones-Brown,co-author of Policing and Minority Communities

This compelling book provides an insightful legal-historical genealogy of the practice of stop and frisk. White and Fradella provide solid recommendations for police departments to implement in order to reduce racial profiling and harassment. -Victor Rios,author of Punished An uncompromising look at the racist legacies that haunt the contemporary police use of stop and frisk. The authors make a compelling case for why essential constitutional values like dignity are the key to restoring the legitimacy of policing in the 21st century. -Jonathan Simon,author of Governing through Crime Stop and Frisk brings together a considerable volume of previously scattered history, research, theory and commentary on a specific form of police misconduct. In doing so, the authors offer up a treatment of the topic that should be of interest to practitioners and scholars alike. -Victor E. Kappeler,author of Community Policing White and Fradella...broach the topic of the use of stop and frisk as a widespread crime-control strategy leading to the violation of constitutional rights of minorities...Recommended. -Library Journal [A] critical but balanced examination of [stop-and-frisk], offers a basis for judging whether Trump or Clinton has the better arguments, and charts a way forward...[T]hey also insist, rightly, that when properly regulated, stop-and-frisk is an important tool in the police officer's arsenal. They want to mend it, not end it. -The Washington Post The most comprehensive discussion of the topic to date....White and Fradella offer plausible recommendations for reining in this contentious police practice that promises public safety, but in some communities, has replaced fear of crime with fear of the police. -Delores Jones-Brown,co-author of Policing and Minority Communities

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Michael D. White (Author) Michael D. White is Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University and the Associate Director of ASU’s Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety. He is co-author of Cops, Cameras, and Crisis: The Potential and the Perils of Police Body-Worn Cameras (2020); Stop and Frisk: The Use and Abuse of a Controversial Policing Tactic (2016); and Jammed Up: Bad Cops, Police Misconduct, and the New York City Police Department (2013). Henry F. Fradella (Author) Henry F. Fradella is Professor and Associate Director in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. His publications include America’s Courts and the Criminal Justice System.

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