Shielded : how the police became untouchable /
Schwartz, Joanna C.,
Shielded : how the police became untouchable / How the police became untouchable Joanna Schwartz. - xxi, 308 pages ; 24 cm
Place of publication from publisher's website.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-291) and index.
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 -- Glossary.
"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"-- Despite recent high-profile murders that have brought attention to the pervasiveness of police misconduct, it remains nearly impossible to hold police accountable for abuses of power. Schwartz exposes the myriad ways in which our legal system protects police at all costs, with analysis about subjects ranging from qualified immunity to no-knock warrants. He paints a compelling picture of the human cost of our failing criminal justice system, and reveals what tragically familiar calls for "justice" truly entail. -- adapted from jacket
9780593299364 0593299361
2022053633
Tort liability of police--United States.
Police misconduct--Law and legislation--United States.
Privileges and immunities--United States.
Shielded : how the police became untouchable / How the police became untouchable Joanna Schwartz. - xxi, 308 pages ; 24 cm
Place of publication from publisher's website.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-291) and index.
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 -- Glossary.
"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"-- Despite recent high-profile murders that have brought attention to the pervasiveness of police misconduct, it remains nearly impossible to hold police accountable for abuses of power. Schwartz exposes the myriad ways in which our legal system protects police at all costs, with analysis about subjects ranging from qualified immunity to no-knock warrants. He paints a compelling picture of the human cost of our failing criminal justice system, and reveals what tragically familiar calls for "justice" truly entail. -- adapted from jacket
9780593299364 0593299361
2022053633
Tort liability of police--United States.
Police misconduct--Law and legislation--United States.
Privileges and immunities--United States.