Federal intervention in American police departments
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 departments. Since then, many of the nation's largest...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2017
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 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