Who Polices the Police?

This article examines discriminatory, aggressive, and violent policing within the framework of structural and cultural violence and offers some observations about the class character of policing in America. It also provides recommendations for improved police practice, including community policing,...

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Main Author: Grabiner, Gene (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2016
In: Social justice
Year: 2016, Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 58-79
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)
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Keywords:
Police shootings
Police harassment
POLICE brutality
Complaints against police
Police misconduct
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Summary:This article examines discriminatory, aggressive, and violent policing within the framework of structural and cultural violence and offers some observations about the class character of policing in America. It also provides recommendations for improved police practice, including community policing, deescalation training, more stringent public regulation of policing, and the demilitarization of police. The article concludes with a discussion of the much-debated topic of body cameras.
ISSN:2327-641X