The new world of police accountability
By: Samuel Walker, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Carol A. Archbold, North Dakota State University
Contributors: Archbold, Carol
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9781452286877; 9781483313207
Subjects: Police administration; Police misconduct; Ansvar (juridik); Polisarbete
Description: Overview: The subject of police accountability includes some of the most important developments in American policing: the control of officer-involved shootings and use of force; citizen complaints and the best procedures for handling them; federal 'pattern or practice' litigation against police departments; allegations of race discrimination; early intervention systems to monitor officer behavior; and police self-monitoring efforts. The Second Edition of The New World of Police Accountability covers these subjects and more with a sharp and critical perspective. It provides readers with a comprehensive description of the most recent developments and an analysis of what works, what reforms are promising, and what has proven unsuccessful. The book offers detailed coverage of critical incident reporting; pattern analysis of critical incidents; early intervention systems; internal and external review of citizen complaints; and federal consent decrees.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: Part 1: Introduction:; title: Introduction to the new police accountability:; title: New police accountability at work: three examples:; title: Meaning of the three examples; title: Plan of this book; title: Challenge of police accountability:; title: Policing in America: images and reality; title: Definition of police accountability:; title: Accountability and police legitimacy; title: Legitimacy and the new police accountability; title: Strategies and tactics of the new police accountability:; title: Use of force and critical incident policies; title: External and internal review; title: Framework for accountability: PTSR:; title: Policy; title: Training; title: Supervision; title: Review; title: Basic themes in the new police accountability:; title: Focus on organizational change; title: Data collection and analysis; title: Police departments as learning organizations; title: From punishment to behavior change; title: Role of federal pattern or practice investigations; title: Challenge ahead; title: Accomplishments and limits of traditional police reforms:; title: Past police reform strategies:; title: Police professionalization movement; title: Shortcomings of professionalization; title: Comment on accreditation of law enforcement agencies; title: Judicial strategy: courts as an instrument of police reform; title: Criminal prosecution of police officers; title: Legislative strategy: external oversight of the police; title: Conclusion: Lessons of the past; title: Part 2: Elements Of The New Police Accountability:; title: Critical incident policies:; title: Holding officers accountable: controlling critical incidents; title: Administrative rulemaking: basic accountability process; title: Turning point: new deadly force policy in New York City, 1972; title: Administrative rulemaking framework:; title: Confine, structure, and check discretion; title: Collateral aspects of rulemaking; title: Critical incidents:; title: Use of deadly force; title: Less-lethal force; title: De-escalation, disengagement; title: Vehicle pursuits; title: Foot pursuits; title: Gender bias issues: domestic violence and sexual assaults; title: Deployment of canines; title: Responding to people with mental disorders; title: Ensuring bias-free policing; title: Additional critical incident issues:; title: Failure to report incidents and incomplete reports; title: Officers in critical incidents; title: Ensuring consistency among policies; title: Conclusion; title: Citizen complaints and complaint investigation procedures:; title: New paradigm of citizen complaints:; title: Preliminary considerations; title: Citizen complaints as a First Amendment right; title: Basic principles for citizen complaint procedures; title: Lack of national standards; title: Citizen complaint process:; title: Public information about the complaint process; title: Information in all relevant languages; title: Officer responsibility to provide information about the complaint process; title: Multiple and convenient methods of filing complaints; title: Issue of anonymous complaints; title: Citizen inquiries, questions, and complaints; title: Investigating complaints:; title: Accepting and classifying complaints; title: Issue of withdrawn complaints; title: Police officer cooperation with investigations; title: Departmental cooperation with citizen review agencies; title: Interviews at convenient and comfortable locations; title: Ensuring thorough and fair investigations; title: Disposition of complaints; title: Staffing and managing the complaint investigation process:; title: Staffing and resources; title: Investigation policy and procedure manual; title: Training for investigators; title: Special nature of citizen complaints against police officers; title: Timely investigations; title: Evaluating the complaint investigation process:; title: Sustain rate as an invalid performance indicator; title: Surveying complainants and officers; title: Conclusion; title: Early intervention systems:; title: New approach to police accountability; title: Background and development of an EIS:; title: Becoming a best practice in policing; title: Basic considerations of an EIS:; title: Centerpiece of the new accountability; title: Introducing an EIS; title: Note on terminology; title: Early intervention and the formal discipline system; title: From punishment to behavior change; title: EISs do not predict future behavior; title: Components of an EIS:; title: Performance indicators; title: Identification and selection of officers; title: Intervention; title: Post-intervention monitoring; title: Impacts of an EIS:; title: Transforming the role of supervisors; title: Changing the organizational culture; title: EISs and other police reforms:; title: EISs and problem-oriented policing; title: EISs and COMPSTAT; title: EISs and risk management; title: Effectiveness of EISs:; title: NIJ evaluation of three EISs; title: Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's PPI system; title: Longitudinal study with intriguing results; title: Experiences and perceptions of police managers with an EIS; title: Implementing and managing an EIS:; title: Saga of TEAMS II in the Los Angeles Police Department; title: Case of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's PPI system; title: Conclusion; title: External and internal review:; title: Review: Becoming a learning organization; title: Police auditors as external review:; title: Authority and structure; title: Functions and activities:; title: Auditing the complaint process; title: Auditing police operations; title: Policy review; title: Community outreach; title: Contributing to transparency; title: Case study: New standard in openness on police discipline; title: Case studies of police auditors in action:; title: Special counsel to the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department; title: LASD Office of Independent Review; title: San Jose Independent Police Auditor; title: Boise Ombudsman; title: Recent blue-ribbon commissions; title: Limits of external review; title: Collaborative reform process: promising new initiative; title: Conditions of success for external review; title: New developments in internal review; title: Conclusion; title: Part 3: Contemporary Issues In Accountability:; title: Risk management as an accountability strategy:; title: What is risk management?; title: Risk management, police liability, and accountability:; title: Police officer use of force; title: Vehicular pursuits; title: Canine units (K-9 units); title: Police accountability after hours: managing off-duty conduct of officers; title: Early intervention systems: tool in risk management for the police; title: Prevalence of risk management in American policing; title: Research on risk management in policing; title: Barriers to the implementation of risk management; title: Overcoming barriers to implementation: case of risk management in medicine; title: Innovative risk management in medicine: Checklist; title: Checklists and policing: could it work?; title: Looking ahead: future of risk management in policing; title: New technology and police accountability:; title: Video recording devices used by the public; title: Reporting police misconduct: is there an app for that?; title: Video recording devices used by the police; title: Police use of social media to inform the public; title: Global Positioning System (GPS); title: Future of technology and police accountability; title: Police accountability and the economy:; title: Economic conditions and police service; title: Police accountability and the economy; title: Part 4: Future Of Police Accountability:; title: Future of police accountability:; title: Quick look backwards; title: State of police accountability today; title: Progress in police accountability: what are "best practices"?; title: Challenge of sustaining accountability reforms; title: Index; title: About the authors.