{"product_id":"wildcat-of-the-streets-detroit-in-the-age-of-community-policing-hardcover","title":"Wildcat of the Streets: Detroit in the Age of Community Policing - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Stauch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow Black youth in Detroit made claims for political equality over and against the new order of community policing\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe criminalization of Black youth was central to policing in urban America during the civil rights era and continued in Detroit even after the rise of Black political control in the 1970s. \u003ci\u003eWildcat of the Streets\u003c\/i\u003e documents how the \"community policing\" approach of Mayor Coleman Young (1974-1993)--including neighborhood police stations, affirmative action hiring policies, and public participation in law enforcement initiatives--transformed Detroit, long considered the nation's symbol of racial inequality and urban crisis, into a crucial site of experimentation in policing while continuing to subject many Black Detroiters to police brutality and repression. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn response, young people in the 1970s and 1980s drew on the city's storied history of labor radicalism as well as contemporary shopfloor struggles to wage a \"wildcat of the streets,\" consisting of street disturbances, decentralized gang activity, and complex organizations of the informal economy. In this revelatory new history of the social life of cities, Michael Stauch mines a series of evocative interviews conducted with the participants to trace how Black youth made claims for political equality over and against the new order of community policing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCentering the perspective of criminalized and crime-committing young people, \u003ci\u003eWildcat of the Streets\u003c\/i\u003e is an original interpretation of police reform, the long struggle for Black liberation, and the politics of cities in the age of community policing.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Stauch is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Toledo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 19, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756078784845,"sku":"9781512827996","price":97.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/o-o7nAe1Ao9781512827996.webp?v=1776722062","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/wildcat-of-the-streets-detroit-in-the-age-of-community-policing-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}