Shielded : how the police became untouchable /

Shielded : how the police became untouchable / Joanna Schwartz.

"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"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schwartz, Joanna C. (Author)
Other title:How the police became untouchable.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [New York, New York] : Viking, [2023]
Subjects:
Tort liability of police > United States.
Police misconduct > Law and legislation > United States.
Privileges and immunities > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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