Police Reform And Political Accountability

Author : Floyd Millen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1789557216

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Police Reform and Political Accountability by Floyd Millen Pdf

Read in its entirety, Police Reform and Political Accountability. The Ties That Bind Policing in England and Wales and the United States of America tells an intriguing and multifaceted story of policing in two countries, whose history and experiences have converged, diverged, ebbed, and flowed over hundreds of years. As each generation takes its place at the helm of society; preceding generations are laboriously writing and rewriting history with the inevitable result that important events, people information and memories will be side-lined, minimised and lost. This book begins with the back story of an empire which emerged almost by accident without a grand design, but which once created, worked relentlessly to sustain and expand its sphere of influence and control. Charting the system of policing that emerged; this is quintessentially a story of Englishmen and women in England and the system of policing that emerged. This is also a story of the Englishmen and women who fled England to escape religious oppression, taking with them, the customs, and systems of law and order that they had known. On arrival in their new land, they found little solace as they sought to carve out new lives in the new world of Amerigo Vespucius. The ties that bound England and Wales and the United States of America were first and foremostly familial; in time, they became political, economic, social and despite the march of history and cultural divergence; the ties remain to this day and this book covers part of that story. As society has grown, needs change and as we have demanded more from our police services and the state, so too have they demanded more from each of us. The intention of this book is to assist the reader in understanding how the past portends for the future, and to compel us to think deeply about the ties of custom, politics, hope and fear that has informed the creation and transformation of our police services and which will continue to do so in the future.

Author : Michelle Kagari,Sophy Thomas
Publisher : CHRI
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Police
ISBN : 9788188205288

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The Police, the People, the Politics by Michelle Kagari,Sophy Thomas Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : CHRI
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9788188205509

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THE POLICE, THE PEOPLE, THE POLITICS: Police accountability in Ghana by Anonim Pdf

Author : Yanilda María González
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108830393

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Authoritarian Police in Democracy by Yanilda María González Pdf

Explains the persistence of violent, unaccountable policing in democratic contexts.

Author : Floyd Millen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1472462688

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Police Reform and Police Accountability by Floyd Millen Pdf

In the context of ongoing police reform this path-breaking book draws insights from US policing in relation to governance, accountability and democratic representation. Exploring the significant influences of Britain on the system of policing that developed in the USA, this book critically appraises the influence of American politics and policing on the system of policing now evident and evolving in England and Wales. With a view to making recommendations for the future structure and makeup of policing in England and Wales and as the first term of directly elected police and crime commissioners comes to a close, Floyd Millen reviews the influences and the progress of police reforms, positing that seeking to enhance or recapture police legitimacy by combining the use of the ballot box to direct and influence policing has been shown in the USA to have many virtues, but also carries inherent and potentially irreconcilable challenges.

Author : Robert Reiner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015029255273

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The Politics of the Police by Robert Reiner Pdf

An updated survey of the history, sociology and legal-political aspects of Britain's police force. Discussing the effects of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (1986) and recent developments in police accountability, it looks at the current state of policing, reform initiatives and future trends.

Author : John Bailey,Lucía Dammert
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780822972945

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Public Security and Police Reform in the Americas by John Bailey,Lucía Dammert Pdf

Public Security and Police Reform in the Americas examines how security problems are addressed in the United States and Latin America, asserting that understanding the policies of other nations can lead to greater success in the arena of public security.

Author : Alex S. Vitale
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781784782900

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The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale Pdf

The massive uprising following the police killing of George Floyd in the summer of 2020--by some estimates the largest protests in US history--thrust the argument to defund the police to the forefront of international politics. It also made The End of Policing a bestseller and Alex Vitale, its author, a leading figure in the urgent public discussion over police and racial justice. As the writer Rachel Kushner put it in an article called "Things I Can't Live Without", this book explains that "unfortunately, no increased diversity on police forces, nor body cameras, nor better training, has made any seeming difference" in reducing police killings and abuse. "We need to restructure our society and put resources into communities themselves, an argument Alex Vitale makes very persuasively." The problem, Vitale demonstrates, is policing itself-the dramatic expansion of the police role over the last forty years. Drawing on first-hand research from across the globe, The End of Policing describes how the implementation of alternatives to policing, like drug legalization, regulation, and harm reduction instead of the policing of drugs, has led to reductions in crime, spending, and injustice. This edition includes a new introduction that takes stock of the renewed movement to challenge police impunity and shows how we move forward, evaluating protest, policy, and the political situation.

Author : Laurence Lustgarten
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Law
ISBN : UVA:X001148479

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The Governance of Police by Laurence Lustgarten Pdf

Author : Daniel Sabet
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804782067

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Police Reform in Mexico by Daniel Sabet Pdf

The urgent need to professionalize Mexican police has been recognized since the early 1990s, but despite even the most well-intentioned promises from elected officials and police chiefs, few gains have been made in improving police integrity. Why have reform efforts in Mexico been largely unsuccessful? This book seeks to answer the question by focusing on Mexico's municipal police, which make up the largest percentage of the country's police forces. Indeed, organized crime presents a major obstacle to institutional change, with criminal groups killing hundreds of local police in recent years. Nonetheless, Daniel Sabet argues that the problems of Mexican policing are really problems of governance. He finds that reform has suffered from a number of policy design and implementation challenges. More importantly, the informal rules of Mexican politics have prevented the continuity of reform efforts across administrations, allowed patronage appointments to persist, and undermined anti-corruption efforts. Although many advances have been made in Mexican policing, weak horizontal and vertical accountability mechanisms have failed to create sufficient incentives for institutional change. Citizens may represent the best hope for counterbalancing the toxic effects of organized crime and poor governance, but the ambivalent relationship between citizens and their police must be overcome to break the vicious cycle of corruption and ineffectiveness.

Author : Stuart Lister,Michael Rowe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134708840

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Accountability of Policing by Stuart Lister,Michael Rowe Pdf

Accountability of Policing provides a contemporary and wide-ranging examination of the accountability and governance of ‘police’ and ‘policing’. Debates about ‘who guards the guards’ are among the oldest and most protracted in the history of democracy, but over the last decade we have witnessed important changes in how policing and security agencies are governed, regulated and held to account. Against a backdrop of increasing complexity in the local, national and transnational landscapes of ‘policing’, political, legal, administrative and technological developments have served to alter regimes of accountability. The extent and pace of these changes raises a pressing need for ongoing academic research, analysis and debate. Bringing together contributions from a range of leading scholars, this book offers an authoritative and comprehensive analysis of the shifting themes of accountability within policing. The contributions explore questions of accountability across a range of dimensions, including those ‘individuals’ and ‘institutions’ responsible for its delivery, within and between the ‘public’ and ‘private’ sectors, and at ‘local’, ‘national’ and ‘transnational’ scales of jurisdiction. They also engage with the concept of ‘accountability’ in a broad sense, bringing to the surface the various meanings that have become associated with it and demonstrating how it is invoked and interpreted in different contexts. Accountability of Policing is essential reading for academics and students involved in the study of policing, criminal justice and criminology and will also be of great interest to practitioners and policymakers.

Author : Samuel E. Walker,Carol A. Archbold
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781544339191

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The New World of Police Accountability by Samuel E. Walker,Carol A. Archbold Pdf

Completely revised to cover recent events and research, the Third Edition of The New World of Police Accountability provides an original and comprehensive analysis of some of the most important developments in police accountability and reform strategies. With a keen and incisive perspective, esteemed authors and policing researchers, Samuel Walker and Carol Archbold, address the most recent developments and provide an analysis of what works, what reforms are promising, and what has proven unsuccessful. The book’s analysis draws on current research, as well as the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing and the reforms embodied in Justice Department consent decrees. New to the Third Edition: The national crisis over police legitimacy and use of force is put into context through extensive discussions of recent police shootings and the response to this national crisis, providing readers a valuable perspective on the positive steps that have been taken and the limits of those steps. Coverage of the issues related to police officer uses of force is now the prevailing topic in Chapter 3 and includes detailed discussion of the topic, including de-escalation, tactical decision making, and the important changes in training related to these issues. An updated examination of the impact of technology on policing, including citizens’ use of recording devices, body-worn cameras, open data provided by police agencies, and use of social media, explores how technology contributes to police accountability in the United States. A complete, up-to-date discussion of citizen oversight of the police provides details on the work of selected oversight agencies, including the positive developments and their limitations, enabling readers to have an informed discussion of the subject. Detailed coverage of routine police activities that often generate public controversy now includes such topics as responding to mental health calls, domestic violence calls, and police "stop and frisk" practices. Issues related to policing and race relations are addressed head-on through a careful examination of the data, as well as the impact of recent reforms that have attempted to achieve professional, bias-free policing.

Author : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9211303079

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Handbook on Police Accountability, Oversight and Integrity by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Pdf

Author : Jeffrey S. Sutton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-29
Category : LAW
ISBN : 9780197582183

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Who Decides? by Jeffrey S. Sutton Pdf

"51 Imperfect Solutions told stories about specific state and federal individual constitutional rights, and explained two benefits of American federalism: how two sources of constitutional protection for liberty and property rights could be valuable to individual freedom and how the state courts could be useful laboratories of innovation when it comes to the development of national constitutional rights. This book tells the other half of the story. Instead of focusing on state constitutional individual rights, this book takes on state constitutional structure. Everything in law and politics, including individual rights, comes back to divisions of power and the evergreen question: Who decides? The goal of this book is to tell the structure side of the story and to identify the shifting balances of power revealed when one accounts for American constitutional law as opposed to just federal constitutional law. The book contains three main parts-on the judicial, executive, and legislative branches-as well as stand-alone chapters on home-rule issues raised by local governments and the benefits and burdens raised by the ease of amending state constitutions. A theme in the book is the increasingly stark divide between the ever-more democratic nature of state governments and the ever-less democratic nature of the federal government over time"--

Author : David H. Bayley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005-11-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199885107

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Changing the Guard by David H. Bayley Pdf

Every day the American government, the United Nations, and other international institutions send people into non-English speaking, war-torn, and often minimally democratic countries struggling to cope with rising crime and disorder under a new regime. These assistance missions attempt to promote democratic law enforcement in devastated countries. But do these missions really facilitate the creation of effective policing? Renowned criminologist David H. Bayley here examines the prospects for the reform of police forces overseas as a means of encouraging the development of democratic governments. In doing so, he assesses obstacles for promoting democratic policing in a state-of-the-art review of all efforts to promote democratic reform since 1991. Changing the Guard offers an inside look at the achievements and limits of current American foreign assistance, outlining the nature and scope of the police assistance program and the agencies that provide it. Bayley concludes with recommendations for how police assistance could be improved in volatile countries across the world. This book is required reading as an instruction manual for building democratic policing overseas.