Enforcing police accountability through civilian oversight / Sankar Sen.

By:

Sen, Sankar, 1936-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 197 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9788132106005
8132106008
9788132112310
8132112318
1282839705
9781282839700

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Enforcing police accountability through civilian oversight.DDC classification:

363.2/2 22

LOC classification:

HV7936.C56 S42 2010eb

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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 checks and balances are installed. The book analyses these checks and balances and how these can be made more effective. It puts forth a cross-national study of internal and external mechanisms for enforcing police accountability, and critically appraises the effectiveness of civilian oversight bodies.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 checks and balances are installed. The book analyses these checks and balances and how these can be made more effective. It puts forth a cross-national study of internal and external mechanisms for enforcing police accountability, and critically appraises the effectiveness of civilian oversight bodies.

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