Department News - 2005

Congratulations to Dwight Watson, whose Race and the Houston Police Department, 1930-1990: A Change did Come has just been released by Texas A&M University Press. Based on extensive research in the archives of the Houston Police Department, this is the first monograph to explore the issue of race in shaping the Houston Police Department, both in terms of the deparment's role as an institution designed to preserve the status quo and as a vehicle for transformation of the institution in the Civil Rights and post-Civil Rights eras.

Dr. Watson is now associate professor of History at Texas State, and had a previous career in law enforcement. He has served as a correctional counselor, a county probation officer, and a state parole officer.


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