A Darien: 1 book
Becoming New York's Finest
Race, Gender, and the Integration of the NYPD, 1935-1980
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
After excluding women and African Americans from its ranks for most of its history, the New York City Police Department undertook an aggressive campaign of integration following World War II. This is the first comprehensive account of how and why the NYPD came to see integration as a highly coveted political tool, indispensable to policing.
