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The Police of the Twenty‐third Precinct and the East Harlem Community
Author(s) -
Gross Solomon
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1975.tb00748.x
Subject(s) - precinct , premise , criminology , isolation (microbiology) , sociology , harassment , internalization , political science , law , medicine , philosophy , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , linguistics , receptor
This paper recounts an intergroup situation in New York City between October of 1966 and November of 1967 and describes the efforts made in a ghetto community to develop some appreciation between the minority inhabitants and the police. The underlying pathologies of group internalization and isolation were attacked on a day‐to‐day basis in an effort to dissolve some of the tensions and bitternesses. The premise was the belief that a police force cannot operate effectively without the wholehearted support and cooperation of the community.