Professor I. Bennett Capers has published "Policing, Race, and Place," 44 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 43 (2009).

ABSTRACT:
Most Americans live in neighborhoods and communities segregated along racial lines, and take this segregation for granted. To the extent they view their communities as racially segregated at all, they assume that this segregation is largely the result of individual choice, socio-economic status, or perhaps a remnant of de jure segregation. The ambition of this Article is to draw attention to a component of segregation that has been largely ignored: the significant role that criminal law and procedure have played, and continue to play, in maintaining racialized spaces.

This is not a matter of little consequence: spatial separateness allows social relationships to be structured along racial lines, which in turn has the effect of perpetuating and reinforcing social and economic inequality. The thesis of this Article is straightforward: If we hope to achieve our goal of a more perfect union where true racial equality exists, it is critical that we examine and understand the link between policing, race, and place.