The Inside Story of the Prosecutor Who Took Down Baltimore's Most Crooke
The true story of how federal law enforcement flipped the playbook and convicted a corrupt unit of Baltimore police. In 2015 and 2016, Baltimore was reeling after the death of Freddie Gray in police custody and the protests that followed. In the midst of this unrest, the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF) roamed the city, ......
Under the welfare reform act of 1996, welfare was the first and most basic safety net program to be sent back to state control. This title examines how the welfare policymaking process has changed. It probes the nature of state welfare politics under devolution and contrasts it with welfare politics on the national level.
The Psychological Consequences of Anti-Gay Politics
When, in 1992, the citizens of Colorado ratified an amendment stripping the gay community of protection from discrimination, the vote divided the state. This book seeks to examine the psychological impact of anti-gay legislation on the gay community.
The Psychological Consequences of Anti-Gay Politics
When, in 1992, the citizens of Colorado ratified an amendment stripping the gay community of protection from discrimination, the vote divided the state. This book seeks to examine the psychological impact of anti-gay legislation on the gay community.
Urban and Regional Policy and Its Effects , the third in a series, sets out to inform policymakers, practitioners, and scholars about the effectiveness of select policy approaches, reforms, and experiments in addressing key social and economic problems facing cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas.
This book addresses a seemingly simple question: Just how many people really work for the federal government? Official counts show a relatively small total of 1.
In an era when government seems remote and difficult to approach, participatory democracy may seem a hopelessly romantic notion. Yet nothing is more crucial to the future of American democracy than to develop some way of spurring greater citizen participation.
Over the years local governments across America have increasingly turned specialized functions over to autonomous agencies. This book offers a comprehensive examination of the causes and consequences of special-purpose governments in more than 300 metropolitan areas in the United States.