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Informationen zum Autor William R. Kelly is professor in the Department of Sociology and director of the Center for Criminology and Criminal Justice Research at the University of Texas at Austin. Kelly is the author of and contributor to several books and articles on criminal justice, law, and policy, including Criminal Justice at the Crossroads (2015), Confronting Underground Justice (2018), and The Crisis in the American Courts (2021). Daniel P. Mears is distinguished research professor in the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University. A fellow of the American Society of Criminology and recipient of the Bruce Smith Sr. award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Mears conducts research on crime and policy. His work appears in journal articles and books, including the award-winning American Criminal Justice Policy (2010) and Out-of-Control Criminal Justice (2017). Klappentext Written in an accessible style, this book provides a historically grounded critique of American policing and offers implementable solutions, providing students a comprehensive understanding of modern policing.Contemporary policing is in crisis, a situation that has led to persistent calls to reform it. Unfortunately, many proposed solutions focus on piecemeal changes that ignore a fundamental problem-policing relies on a largely reactive approach that does not in any systematic or comprehensive way focus on crime prevention. Most of what the police do, such as responding to 911 calls for service and employing directed patrols or hot spots policing, fails to address the causes of crime. Compounding this problem is the absence of any institution or agency charged with prioritizing the prevention of crime and for ensuring that police efforts support this goal.A central distinguishing feature of this book is its comprehensive approach and the emphasis on policing as part of a much broader set of changes that must occur both to improve policing and to improve public safety and justice. This approach includes retaining what works, eliminating what does not, drawing on evidence-based policy from around the world, and creating systemic changes that institutionalize better policing, accountability, and evaluation processes for ensuring that the police are effective.The Reinvention of Policing can be used in courses focused on policing policy and practice, specifically when discussing the nature of policing, how policing may reflect and contribute to inequality and injustice, or how it might improve these social problems. Zusammenfassung Broadening the scope and conceptualization of what is meant by police reform is necessary to address the criminogenic circumstances that underly criminality and crime rates to effectively prevent crime and recidivism and increase public safety. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements About the Authors Preface 1. Our Broken Criminal Justice System and the Failure to Put Public Safety First The Costly Failure of American Criminal Justice Fundamentally Misunderstanding Public Safety Why Focus on Policing? Improving Policing and Public Safety Structure of this Book 2. American Policing: A Litany of Problems Introduction Critical Problems in Policing-Design Flaws Problem 1: Society Thinks that They Have a Crime Prevention Agency-They Do Not Problem 2: The Police Do Little to Address Known Causes of Offending or Crime Problem 3: Goals and Mission Creep Problem 4: Lack of Clarity about How Large Police Departments Should Be Problem 5: Increasingly Militarized Police Problem 6: Lack of Coordination with Courts and Resistance to Reform Critical Problems in Policing-Harmful Impacts Problem 7: Failure to Prevent or Reduce Crime Problem 8: Use of Force: Problems, Effectiveness, and the Ridiculous Problem 9: Racism, Ethnic Bias...
