RT Book
T1 Federal intervention in American police departments
A1 Rushin, Stephen
LA English
PP Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY, USA
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/873932617
AB "For much of American history, the federal government has played a limited role in local police regulation. That all changed in 1994, when Congress passed a little known statute that permitted the US Attorney General to reform troubled police department. Since then, many of the nation's largest police departments - including those in Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Washington, DC, Seattle, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Albuquerque - have been subject to federal oversight. But until recently, we've known little about how this federal process works. Drawing on original interviews, court documents, statistical data, and media reports, this book provides the first comprehensive account of federal intervention in American police departments. It shows that, under the right circumstances, federal intervention is uniquely effective at combating misconduct in police departments. However, federal intervention is far from perfect. This book concludes by arguing that Congress should expand and improve federal oversight of policing"--
AB Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. The problem of police misconduct; 2. The intervention era; 3. Federal intervention in action; 4. Possibilities and limitations; 5. Moving forward: improving oversight of local police
NO Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of California, Berkeley, 2015) issued under title: Structural reform litigation in American police departments
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN KF5399
SN 9781107105737
SN 9781107513563
K1 Police : United States
K1 Police misconduct : Law and legislation : United States
K1 Federal-city relations : United States
K1 Intervention (Federal government) : United States
K1 Civil Rights : United States