Shielded : how the police became untouchable / Joanna Schwartz.
2023
KF1307 .S39 2023 (Mapit)
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Author
Title
Shielded : how the police became untouchable / Joanna Schwartz.
Imprint
[New York, New York] : Viking, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Description
xxi, 308 pages ; 24 cm
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.
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.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
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. She 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
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. She 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
Note
Place of publication from publisher's website.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-291) and index.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Schwartz, Joanna C. Shielded. [New York, New York] : Viking, [2023]
Call Number
KF1307 .S39 2023
Language
English
ISBN
9780593299364 hardcover
0593299361 hardcover
9780593299371 electronic book
0593299361 hardcover
9780593299371 electronic book
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