| Complaints Against Police: The Politics of Reform Contributor(s): Lewis, Colleen (Author) |
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ISBN: 187606711X ISBN-13: 9781876067113 Publisher: Hawkins Press OUR PRICE: $46.53 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1999 Annotation: Who guards the guardians? How do liberal democracies ensure that citizens who have been granted authority to legitimately deprive other citizens of their freedom--the police--are held accountable to society for the way in which they exercise their powers? This book is a clear account of reform in complaints against police. It is also about public policy and political relationships. It analyses how relations between police, government, and civilian oversight bodies can affect the success of police accountability policies. The book looks at models in Australia, Britain, the USA, and Canada, identifying shared difficulties which cross city, county, state, provincial, and national boundaries. Lewis shows how external relations must be examined in evaluating the success or failure of the civilian oversight process, and she presents a new model extending beyond the traditional reactive approach. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 363.209 |
| LCCN: 00340426 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6.45" W x 8.39" (0.61 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This text presents an account of reform in the area of complaints against the police. Looking at models in Australia, Britain, the USA and Canada, it identifies shared difficulties which cross city, county, state, provincial and national boundaries. |