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Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction to the new police accountability
The new police accountability at work : three examples
New directions in police accountability
The goal of this book
Source material
A definition of police accountability
Conclusion : the challenge of changing police organizations
2. The accomplishments and limitations of traditional police reforms
Past police reform strategies
Conclusion : the lessons of the past
3. Use of force reporting
Accounting for one's actions
The origins of use of force policy
The administrative rulemaking model
Controlling police conduct in critical incidents
Culmination : the use of force continuum
Controlling other critical incidents
Investigating use of force and other critical incidents
The challenge of implementing use of force policies
Conclusion
4. An open and accessible citizen complaint system
Citizen complaints and the new police accountability
The citizen complaint process
Conclusion
5. Early intervention systems
The concept of EI systems
The background and development of EI systems
The components of an EI system
Goals and potential impacts of EI systems
EI systems and other police reforms
The effectiveness of EI systems
Problems in implementing and managing EI systems
Conclusion
6. The auditor model of citizen oversight police auditors
Police auditors in the United States
Sustaining reform
The limits of the auditor model
The conditions of success
Conclusion
7. The future of the new police accountability
Improving on past reforms
Applications
An uncertain future
The challenge of comprehensive organizational change
Getting it right : proactive self-assessment and public disclosure
Toward the future
Notes
Index
About the author
  aThis book examines 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. It 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  aPolice administration  aPolice misconduct  cBK2ddc  00102ddc4070aNORSU-MCIIbNORSU-MCIIcCIRCd2024-02-16i34099l0o363.22 W15 2005pNORSU000006565r2024-02-16tc1w2024-02-16yBK  c22956d22956