Enforcing police accountability through civilian oversight /

This book explores the sensitive issue of police accountability to civilian oversight bodies to control police excesses. At the centre of the discourse lies the tacit acknowledgement that the enormous power and authority invested in the police does leads to corruption and excesses unless adequate ch...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sen, Sankar, 1936-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2010.
Temas:
Police misconduct.
Police > Complaints against.
Civilian review boards (Police administration)
Police administration > Citizen participation.
Abus de la police.
Police > Plaintes contre.
Commissions publiques de surveillance (Administration de la police)
Police > Administration > Participation des citoyens.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement.
Police administration > Citizen participation
Police > Complaints against
Police misconduct
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Police accountability
  • Control by external agencies
  • Civilian oversight bodies
  • Policing the police: experience in the United Kingdom
  • Police oversight in Canada
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Public Complaint Commission
  • Police ombudsman in Northern Ireland
  • Independent complaints directorate
  • Police complaints authority: Australia
  • Police oversight in Brazil
  • National Human Rights Commission and police oversight
  • Police oversight in USA
  • Police reforms in India and neighboring countries
  • Epilogue.

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