{"id":370,"date":"2014-08-26T15:36:28","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T15:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/?p=370"},"modified":"2015-10-13T19:05:06","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T19:05:06","slug":"reflecting-on-ferguson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/2014\/08\/26\/reflecting-on-ferguson\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflecting on Ferguson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">In the wake of protests responding to the killing of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Missouri, sociologists began building a large body of resources to explain how these events fit into a broader pattern of racial bias in the United States\u2019 criminal justice system. Sociologists for Justice has both <a href=\"http:\/\/sociologistsforjustice.wordpress.com\/public-statement\/\"><span class=\"s2\">a public statement<\/span><\/a> on the matter and <a href=\"http:\/\/sociologistsforjustice.wordpress.com\/ferguson-syllabus\/\"><span class=\"s2\">a syllabus<\/span><\/a> on source material related to racialized policing. Sociology Toolbox has <a href=\"http:\/\/sociologytoolbox.com\/racism-police-ferguson\/\"><span class=\"s2\">recent data on racial disparities and militarized police departments<\/span><\/a> in Ferguson and nationwide. In addition to the conversation about racial injustice, Ferguson also calls into question our assumptions about how to maintain public safety.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"p1\">Policing in communities of color presents a paradox. The state offers very little attention for social services, but also embeds itself in residents\u2019 everyday lives through strong policing practices.<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.soc.ucsb.edu\/faculty\/victor-rios\">Victor M Rios<\/a>.\u00a02011. <a href=\"http:\/\/nyupress.org\/books\/book-details.aspx?bookId=5194#.U_ymX7xdWYk\"><em>Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys.<\/em><\/a> New York: NYU Press<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 class=\"p1\">While there isn\u2019t much research on the effectiveness of policing tactics, we do know that a militaristic approach which maximizes coercion does little to make a community feel safer. In fact, this approach may actually increase future crime and conflict as community members start to resist coercion.<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cls.gmu.edu\/people\/dweisbur\">David Weisburd<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popcenter.org\/bios\/eck\">John E. Eck<\/a>. 2004. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/240696007_What_Can_Police_Do_to_Reduce_Crime_Disorder_and_Fear\/file\/5046352698fc00c904.pdf\">What Can Police Do to Reduce Crime, Disorder, and Fear?<\/a>\u201d <i>The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science<\/i>. 593(1): 42-65<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/justicestudies.eku.edu\/people\/kraska\">Peter B. Kraska<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/cjmasters.eku.edu\/people\/kappeler\">Victor E. Kappeler<\/a>. 1997. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/discover\/10.2307\/3096870?uid=3739736&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;uid=3739256&amp;sid=21104090378661\">Militarizing American Police: The Rise and Normalization of Paramilitary Units.<\/a>\u201d <i>Social Problems. <\/i>44(1): 1-18.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crim.cam.ac.uk\/people\/academic_research\/lawrence_sherman\/\">Lawrence W. Sherman<\/a>. 1993. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/jrc.sagepub.com\/content\/30\/4\/445.short\">Defiance, Deterrence, and Irrelevance: A Theory of the Criminal Sanction.<\/a>\u201d <i>Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. <\/i>30(4): 445-473<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 class=\"p2\">In addition to racial bias in policing, there is also a gendered dimension to military tactics. Precincts develop a sense of male solidarity through military scorn of feminine traits, and even manufacturers of <i>nonlethal <\/i>police weapons appeal to these masculine sensibilities to sell their products. <i>\u00a0<\/i><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Peter B. Kraska. 1996. \u201c<a href=\"Enjoying%20Militarism: Political\/personal dilemmas in studying U.S. police paramilitary units.\">Enjoying Militarism: Political\/personal dilemmas in studying U.S. police paramilitary units.<\/a>\u201d <i>Justice Quarterly, <\/i>13(3): 405-429<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/soca.wvu.edu\/faculty_staff\/faculty_directory\/assistant-professors\/je\">Jesse Wozniak<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soc.umn.edu\/people\/uggen_c.html\">Christopher Uggen<\/a>. 2009. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.soc.umn.edu\/~uggen\/Wozniak_Uggen_FC_2009.pdf\">Real Men Use Nonlethals: Appeals to Masculinity in Marketing Police Weaponry.<\/a>\u201d <i>Feminist Criminology, <\/i>4(3): 275-293<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of protests responding to the killing of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Missouri, sociologists began building a large body of resources to explain how these events fit into a broader pattern of racial bias in the United States\u2019 criminal justice system. 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