Police misconduct is nothing new in the United States. Use of
excessive force, unjustified shootings, race discrimination, and a
general lack of accountability for officer conduct have been
serious problems since the first police departments were created in
the early nineteenth century. Although today's media coverage of
these major police offenses portrays otherwise, significant
progress has been made in reducing police misconduct. The New World
of Police Accountability is the first book to provide an original
and comprehensive analysis of some of the most important
developments in policing over the past ten years. Esteemed author
Samuel Walker synthesizes the major developments in the area of
police accountability and argues that these developments represent
a new period in the history of police reform that promises to
address the historic problems of police abuse. This text assesses
both the achievements and limitations of police accountability and
reshapes the conventional wisdom on this topic. The book covers
such issues as federal law suits against the police, consent
decrees, citizen oversight of the police, and early intervention
systems. Key Features Examines timely and up-to-date coverage of
current police controversies Discusses important new mechanisms of
accountability, such as comprehensive use of force reporting,
citizen complaint procedures, early intervention systems, and
police auditors Provides extensive coverage of racial profiling
Includes a helpful list of Web sites for further research on the
topics covered in the book The New World of Police Accountability
is designed as a supplementary textbook for undergraduate and
graduate policing courses in the departments of Criminal Justice
and Criminology. The book will also be of interest to scholars,
police officials, citizen oversight officials, and community
activists.
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