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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255263203321

Autore

Maule Brian A

Titolo

Police Misconduct in Brooklyn : Documenting, Understanding and Preventing / / by Brian A. Maule

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-66814-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VII, 59 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Policing, , 2194-6213

Disciplina

363.2097471

Soggetti

Police

Sociology, Urban

Policing

Urban Studies/Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Section I:Documenting Police Misconduct,- 1.Introduction -- 2.What is Police Misconduct -- 3.Police Misconduct in Brooklyn, New York.- Section II:Understanding Police Misconduct -- 4.What the data shows -- 5.Understanding the findings.- Section: III.Preventing Police Misconduct -- 6.Regulatory, Legislative and Judicial Measures -- 7.Recruitment, Training, Accountability and Transparency.- Summary Discussion.

Sommario/riassunto

This Brief explores police misconduct, through the lens of a 5-year study of civil liability cases against the New York Police Department in Kings County (Brooklyn), New York. The confluence of police misconduct and civil liability is an issue of growing concern for many communities throughout the United States. One measure of the severity of these concerns is the increase in the number of lawsuits alleging police misconduct and the civil liability resulting from these lawsuits. Using Brooklyn, New York as a case study, the author of this Brief uses lawsuits that resulted in a settlement or jury award, over a five-year period, as its measure of police misconduct. Police misconduct has many tangible and intangible consequences for a community, such as violations of the law, police brutality, social consequences, and long-term public trust of the police.  On a very practical level, as the author



demonstrates, the up-front financial costs of prevention, training, and support to curb police misconduct are less expensive than the costs of civil liability payments for lawsuits.  This perspective creates a strong argument for policymakers for enhancing police training and police misconduct prevention programs. This work will be of interest to researchers in police studies, as well sociology and public policy. .