RT Book
T1 The power of the badge: sheriffs and inequality in the United States
A1 Farris, Emily M.
A2 Holman, Mirya R.
LA English
PP Chicago London
PB The University of Chicago Press
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1877563250
AB "More than 3,000 sheriffs across the United States occupy a unique position in American politics, in offices with exceptional authority, enormous autonomy, and low visibility as elected law enforcement officials. Drawing on two surveys of sheriffs nearly a decade apart, election data, case studies, and law enforcement administrative data, we suggest that the design of the office - and the individuals who serve in it - challenge central tenets of democracy and equality under the law. In The Power of the Badge, Emily M. Farris and Mirya R. Holman argue that the autonomy and authority granted to sheriffs in the United States creates an environment where sheriffs rarely change, elections do not create meaningful accountability, employees, budgets, and jails can be used for political gains, marginalized populations can be punished, right-wing extremism flourishes, and reforms fail"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV7979
SN 9780226834498
SN 9780226834511
K1 Sheriffs : Political activity : United States
K1 Equality : United States
K1 Local Government : United States