Read more
Justice and Legitimacy in Policing critically analyzes the state of American policing and evaluates proposed solutions to reform/transform the institution, such as implementing body-worn cameras, increasing diversity in police agencies, problem of crimmigration, limiting qualified immunity, and abolitionist movement.
List of contents
Editor Introduction
Chapter 1 - The Reform Story: Shifting Narratives from Mistrust to Collaboration, Defensiveness to Service
Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill, Kate C. McLean, and Michael J. Jenkins
Chapter 2 - Organizational Reforms for Improving Police Functions and Operations
Jacinta M. Gau and Jonathan R. Parham
Chapter 3 - Policing Reform and the Impact of Racial Representation
Brittany Houston, Andrea M. Headley, and James E. Wright
Chapter 4 - Video Data Analysis of Body-Worn Camera Footage: A Practical Methodology in Support of Police Reform
Eric L. Piza and Victoria A. Sytsma
Chapter 5 - Institutionalizing Community Oversight of the Police: Copwatch
Robert J. Durán and Charlene Shroulote-Durán
Chapter 6 - Black Feminist Perspectives on Policing and the "White Gaze"
Andrea S. Boyles, LaToya Tufts, Jessica Judson, and Allison E. Monterrosa
Chapter 7 - Crimmigration and Pol-I.C.E. Reform
Akiv Dawson and Marie C. Jipguep-Akhtar
Chapter 8 - End Immunity, No Qualifiers
Kelsey L. Kramer and Miltonette Olivia Craig
Chapter 9 - Are the Police Really Necessary? Questions about Police Abolition
Ashley K. Farmer
Chapter 10 - Resurrecting Brown Bodies to Advance the Theory and Praxis of Police Abolition in the United States
Amy Andrea Martinez and Humberto Flores
Chapter 11 - Settler Colonial Governance and the Impossibility of a "Good Cop"
Albert de la Tierra
About the author
Miltonette Olivia Craig is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Sam Houston State University. She completed her Ph.D. at Florida State University and J.D. at Georgia State University. Her primary research focus is on racial disparities in policing outcomes such as traffic stops, citizen complaints, and protest responses. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, Journal of Criminal Justice, Race and Justice, and Policing: An International Journal.
Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill is an Assistant Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. He completed his Ph.D. at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (City University of New York) and J.D. at Emory University. His research interests include social and racial identity, police trust and legitimacy, and perceptions of justice. His work has appeared in Criminal Justice and Behavior, Critical Criminology, Race and Justice, and Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice.
Summary
Justice and Legitimacy in Policing critically analyzes the state of American policing and evaluates proposed solutions to reform/transform the institution, such as implementing body-worn cameras, increasing diversity in police agencies, problem of crimmigration, limiting qualified immunity, and abolitionist movement.
