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The paper contests the persistent rhetoric of "black family breakdown", defined in contemporary Barbadian discourse as the fragmentation of both the Afro-Caribbean extended family, and also the Euro-centred nuclear unit based on marriage and co-residence which has been consistently and for generations promoted as the model to which the black population should aspire. Separating myth from reality on selected issues which are highlighted as evidence of "family breakdown", namely child discipline and abuse, adolescent sexuality and pregnancy, divorce and the so-called "abandonment" of the elderly, the paper recommends a greater appreciation of family structure and change as a process of reconfiguration in alternative ideological and cultural patterns within the historical and socioeconomic environment of Barbados, and the rejection of the deficit model of black families in social and moral crisis.

AbstractA recent federal district court decision found that the New York City Police Department engaged in unconstitutional policing. Officers stopped millions of minority young men over the span of several years. Most of those stopped were innocent of any wrongdoing. This article uses qualitative and quantitative research methods to investigate these inequities, examining the views of both the police and those who were stopped. The authors find that pressure on officers emanating from headquarters was responsible for much of the illegal behavior by lower‐level officers. Additionally, youth in minority neighborhoods felt mistreated by the police; this led to distrust in the police. The authors suggest solutions to ameliorate this painful episode in police practice. The article concludes with specific recommendations such as reducing management pressure on officers and police developing community partnerships.

This collection explores policing and race in relationship to political challenges, economic realities, and social ramifications. This is done through the use of evidence-based research and established best practices as presented in fourteen chapters written by accomplished scholars across various academic disciplines.