Bibliograph

Shielded, how the police became untouchable, Joanna Schwartz

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Shielded, how the police became untouchable, Joanna Schwartz

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Shielded

Oclc number

1315739343

Responsibility statement

Joanna Schwartz

Sub title

how the police became untouchable

Summary

"An urgent and definitive examination of how the legal system prevents accountability for police misconduct, from one of the country's leading scholars on policing"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- How we got here -- Lawyers -- The complaint -- The Constitution -- Qualified immunity -- Suing the city -- Judges -- Juries -- Court ordered reforms -- Officers' bank accounts -- Local government budgets -- Learning from lawsuits -- A better way

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How the police became untouchable

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