Enforcing police accountability through civilian oversight
By: Sankar Sen.
Publisher: SAGE; Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Delhi; Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9788132104537
Subjects: Police misconduct; Police -- Complaints against; Civilian review boards (Police administration); Police administration -- Citizen participation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Police accountability; title: Control by external agencies; title: Civilian oversight bodies; title: Policing the police: experience in the United Kingdom; title: Police oversight in Canada; title: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Public Complaint Commission; title: Police ombudsman in Northern Ireland; title: Independent complaints directorate; title: Police complaints authority: Australia; title: Police oversight in Brazil; title: National Human Rights Commission and police oversight; title: Requirements for a successful oversight body; title: Police oversight in USA; title: Police reforms in India and neighboring countries; title: Epilogue.