Abuse of authority
Guardianship Abuse: Bad Apples or Tip of the Iceberg
Internal Affairs Complaint Investigations: A Multi-Site Comparison
Strange Bedfellows: Civil Liability and Aggressive Policing
Measurement of Police Integrity: Executive Summary
Evaluation of Shock Incarceration in Louisiana
The State of the Police Field: A New Professionalism in Policing?
Panelists debate the premise of a Harvard Executive Session working paper that suggests police organizations are striving for a "new" professionalism. Leaders are endeavoring for stricter standards of efficiency and conduct, while also increasing their legitimacy to the public and encouraging innovation. Is this new? Will this idea lead to prematurely discarding community policing as a guiding philosophy?