Holding police accountable

About this book

"Cops in the trenches know what good policing is, but getting there requires careful thought. Holding Police Accountable sparks such thought. It begins as a primer on the history of controlling the use of deadly force, but the reader soon discovers it covers much more. We need books like this to remind us of the centrality of accountability as we move forward with policing innovations." BRIAN FORST, Professor, School of Public Affairs, American University. "The police have generally become more accountable and transparent over the years, but the work is far from complete. McCoy and her colleagues do a masterful job of refocusing our attention on this bedrock issue. In spite of the ever-increasing complexity of the work, police accountability has lately boiled down to reducing crime as measured by the FBI's Uniform Crime Report Part 1 statistics. This book is a thoughtful return to what police are supposed to be accountable to--not just crime statistics, but democratic principles. Bravo!" DARREL W. STEPHENS, Johns Hopkins University, Public Safety Leadership Program; Retired Chief of Police, Charlotte-Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; and Former Executive Director, Police Executive Research Forum. "Trenchant essays by excellent scholars Holding Police Accountable details advances in police accountability spurred by policy-oriented litigation. Implications for control of less-lethal force are deeply explored here." MERRICK BOBB, President, Police Assessment Resource Center --Book Jacket.