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Shielded : how the police became untouchable Cover Image Book

Shielded : how the police became untouchable

How the police became untouchable (other title)
Schwartz, Joanna C. (author.).

Summary: "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"--

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593299364
  • ISBN: 0593299361
  • Physical Description: print
    xxi, 308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: [New York, New York] : Viking, [2023]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-291) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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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Subject: Tort liability of police United States
Police misconduct Law and legislation United States
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  • 13 of 14 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

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Statesville Main Library 344.73052 SCH (Text) 33114018630640 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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