ABC-CLIO's Contemporary World Issues series comprises comprehensive, balanced, one-volume reference handbooks on important topics related to science, technology, and medicine; the environment; society; politics, law, and government; criminal justice; and gender and ethnicity.
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With just the right dose of academic pragmatism, Police Misconduct in America assesses the history of police excesses from 1900 to the present.

Picking up where the headlines leave off, beyond the infamous cases of Rodney King and Amadou Diallo, this reference takes readers through the complete history of police misconduct in the United States. The author thoroughly explores the issues and controversies that surround police brutality.
-- Readers will be able to find the agencies and organizations that identified and respond to the problem
-- While laying out factors that contribute to the problem, the author also points students and scholars to lessons learned along the way that have improved police-public relations