This edited collection explores policing in America in regards to minority groups. The essays discuss how the relationship between police and minority groups affects politics, the economy, and minority groups daily lives and success. The contributors explore the Black Lives Matter movement, the Detroit, Los Angeles, and Atlanta Police Departments, immigration, incarceration, community policing, police violence, and detail causes, theories, and solutions to this important phenomenon.

James D. Ward teaches in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University-Newark.

Part I: Political ChallengesPolicing and Race in America: Economic, Political, and Social DynamicsJames D. WardWhat to Do When the Yelling Stops: How Black Lives Matter Can Have Lasting ImpactDonomic Bearfield, Robert Maranto, and Ian KingsburyContemporary Police and Minorities in the United States: Causes, Theories, and SolutionsJohn Eterno and Christine BarrowLeveraging the Intersection of Politics, Problem and Policy in Organizational and Social Change: An Historical Analysis of the Detroit, Los Angeles, and Atlanta Police DepartmentsAndrew J. Grandage, Britt S. Aliperti and Brian N. WilliamsPolicy Feedback: Government Skepticism Trickling from Immigration to Matters of HealthVanessa Cruz Nichols, Alana M.W. LeBron, and Francisco I. PedrazaPart II: Economic RealitiesWhat Have We Learned about Incarceration and Race? Lessons from 30 years of ResearchSamuel L. Myers, Jr.Should More Law Enforcement be the Answer to Crime?Ronald ZulloPunishing Members of Disadvantaged Minority Groups for Calling 911Barry D. Friedman and Maria J. AlboPart III: Social RamificationsCheck Your Bubble! Mindful Intersections of Trauma and Community PolicingSharlene Graham BoltzAssessing Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Consequences of Police Use of ForceJared Ellison and Benjamin SteinerBridging the Safety Divide Through Technology to Improve the Partnership between Students and Campus Law Enforcement: An App OpportunityEdward Dillon, Brian N. Williams, Seong C. Kang, Juan E. Gilbert, Julian Brinkley, and Dekita Moon.Community Policing as a Solution: What is the Evidence?Lauren Edwards and Ian KleinDeveloping a Comparativist Ethics for the Evaluative Study of Racialized Police ViolenceMario A. Rivera and James D. WardConclusion: Reflections on Realities, Challenges, and RamificationsJames D. Ward