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Civilian oversight of policing Edited by Andrew Goldsmith and Colleen Lewis Published by Hart Publishing (2000) |
Book description
How the police are policed is no longer just a domestic issue. The involvement of police, and other
security forces, in systematic abuses of human rights in many developing countries, as well as in so
called developed countries, has placed the control of police on a number of international agendas. More and more countries are experimenting with different forms of police accountability and many are
turning to civilian oversight bodies in an attempt to improve the process.
This book examines recent experiences with, and prospects for, civilian oversight. It looks at how this
relatively new method of police accountability has been interpreted and implemented in a wide range of
jurisdictions around the world. While looking at recent experiences in countries which have used the
civilian oversight process for some years (the United States of America, United Kingdom,
Northern Ireland and Australia), it also looks at recent attempts to establish civilian oversight bodies
in South Africa, Israel, Central and South America and Palestine. Some chapters explain how, in
several of these countries, oversight of police conduct is a fundamental governance issues, and
relates to concerns about democratisation and rebuilding civil society. Other chapters deal with the
complex issue of how to evaluate public complaints mechanisms and the political conditions which
enable or frustrate the introduction and maintenance of effective civilian oversight.
About the Author
Dr Colleen Lewis is a Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice and Criminology, School of Political & Social
Inquiry, Monash University.
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