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When a high school honors student emerges from a police confrontation outside his home bruised and beaten, and facing serious criminal charges, an American city erupts in protests. A long quest for justice begins. "A City Divided" uncovers what happened and examines if race, fear and police conduct answer key questions that have become all too familiar. What goes wrong in these police confrontations and why? Can the courts find justice? And how can we prevent these tragedies in the future?.

"They had all applied for the assignment: plainclothes anti- crime patrol in one of the city's most dangerous and violent neighborhoods. That's what put Pittsburgh Police officers Michael Saldutte, Richard Ewing, and David Sisak together in an unmarked "99" car on the night of January 12, 2010, rolling slowly through the city's Homewood neighborhood"--

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Author's Notes -- Contents -- 1: In at the Deep End -- 2: Getting Trained -- 3: Fordson Majors by the Hundred -- 4: Combines and Balers and Eighteen-Hour Days -- 5: Out and About -- 6: What a Team -- 7: New Models, New Technology -- 8: The Industrial Side -- 9: Plenty of Problems out in the Field -- 10: It All Went on in the Workshop -- 11: More Harvest Machinery Challenges -- And finally -- Copyright -- Advertisement.

This book examines the rise of cultural studies and evaluates its strengths and weaknesses. The author raises searching questions about the originality of cultural studies and its political motivation. Written with zest and a judicious sense of purpose it is a landmark work in cultural studies media and the sociology of culture

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Science-Driven Policing, or Police Indifference to Science? -- 2. Science and Traditional Police Investigative Methods: A Lot We Thought We Knew Was Wrong -- 3. In Their Own Words: Why Police and Prosecutors Say They Resist Science -- 4. The Real Reasons for Resistance: Cognitive Barriers -- 5. The Real Reasons for Resistance: Institutional and Political Barriers -- 6. What Must Be Done and How to Make It Happen -- 7. Reasons for Hope: Examples of Real Change -- 8. Conclusion: From the Task to the Solutions -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author