Abuse of authority
Strange Bedfellows: Civil Liability and Aggressive Policing
Determinants of Citizen Complaints Against Police Abuse of Power
Police Culture and Coercion
Measurement of Police Integrity: Executive Summary
Neighborhood Context and Police Use of Force
Evaluation of Shock Incarceration in Louisiana
Citizen Complaints and Problem Officers: Examining Officer Behavior
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?