Police consent decrees and section 1983 civil rights litigation

Section 14141 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 granted the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) the authority to investigate, intervene into, and force reforms within any police department deemed to exhibit a pattern or practice of police misconduct. The DOJ's primary en...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Powell, Zachary A. (Author)
Contributors: Meitl, Michele Bisaccia ; Worrall, John L.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Criminology & public policy
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Civil rights
Consent decrees
Fehlverhalten
Panel models,
Police misconduct
Polizei
Polizeiliches Fehlverhalten
Section 1983
Section 14141