Lawful policing
By: SKOGAN, Wesley G
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Contributor(s): MEARES, Tracey L.
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ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE, May 2004The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science 593, p. 66-83Abstract: Police compliance with the law is one of the most important aspects of a democratic society. American expect the police to enforce laws to promote safety and to reduce crime, victimization, and fear, but no one believes that the police should have unlimited power to do so. We expect police to enforce laws fairly according to law and rules that circumscribe their enforcement powers. The existence of these rulse justify the claim that police are a rule-bound institution engaged in the pursuit of justice and the protection of individual liberties, as well as the battle against crime. This article reviews research on the extent to wich police follow laws and rules, especially constitutional criminal procedure rules, addressing seizures, searches, interrogations, and deadly force. Also reviewed is reasearch pertaining to police adherence to rules governing excessive force, corruption, and racial profiling
Police compliance with the law is one of the most important aspects of a democratic society. American expect the police to enforce laws to promote safety and to reduce crime, victimization, and fear, but no one believes that the police should have unlimited power to do so. We expect police to enforce laws fairly according to law and rules that circumscribe their enforcement powers. The existence of these rulse justify the claim that police are a rule-bound institution engaged in the pursuit of justice and the protection of individual liberties, as well as the battle against crime. This article reviews research on the extent to wich police follow laws and rules, especially constitutional criminal procedure rules, addressing seizures, searches, interrogations, and deadly force. Also reviewed is reasearch pertaining to police adherence to rules governing excessive force, corruption, and racial profiling
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