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“Certainly it would be better if police were better trained, better supervised, and better equipped to serve the areas they patrol. But from our perspective, the focus on misbehavior is scapegoating. It insulates mainstream institutions—the police department, public officials, and the public—from blame for what we ask systems of policing to do on our behalf."

Black Lives and Policing: The Larger Context of Ghettoization

Journal of Urban Affairs

Logan, John R. / Oakley, Deirdre

Vol. 39 Issue 8, pp. 1031–1046, 2017

10.1080/07352166.2017.1328977

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