Evaluating citizen oversight of police

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Title:

Evaluating citizen oversight of police

Author:

Buren, Brenda A., 1966-

ISBN:

9781593320997

Personal Author:

Buren, Brenda A., 1966-

Publication Information:

New York : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2007.

Physical Description:

vii, 229 p. ; 23 cm.

Series:

Criminal justice

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Citizen participation in the public policy process -- 3. Citizen participation in policing -- 4. Evaluation model -- 5. Evaluation approach and methodology -- 6. Findings : implementation and administration -- 7. Findings : assessing goal achievement -- 8. Findings : assessing confidence in police -- 9. Overview of findings -- 10. Conclusion and recommendations.

Subject Term:

Police administration -- United States -- Citizen participation.

Police -- Complaints against -- United States.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip073/2006035867.html

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Summary

Buren provides an in-depth evaluation of a citizen-police oversight mechanism and demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of the purposes of citizen oversight and the parameters in which it can be developed. She identifies those elements that make some citizen oversight mechanisms more effective than others. Citizen oversight can be a valuable tool in ensuring police accountability, butits success often depends upon the dedication and veracity of those involved in the process. In addition, law enforcement agencies that implement citizen oversight voluntarily--prior to a highly publicized and incident--have more success, since the issue is less politicized and more time is spent developing a quality process.