Police Accountability: Current Issues and Research Needs
Interest in police accountability on the part of police managers, policy-makers and police scholars has increased in recent years as a result of three developments. First, Section 14141 of the 1994 Violent Crime Control Act authorizes the U. S. Justice Department to bring suit against law enforcement agencies where there is a
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