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Progress in American Policing? Reviewing the National Reviews

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 December 2018

Michael S. Scott
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Abstract

This essay uses three publications—the 1967 President's Crime Commission report on police, The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society; the National Research Council's review of research on policing, Fairness and Effectiveness in Policing: The Evidence; and David Weisburd and Anthony A. Braga's edited collection, Police Innovation: Contrasting Perspectives—as reference points for reflecting on the extent to which the American police institution has moved toward a progressive and professional ideal over the past forty years. I argue that unless the scope and complexity of the policing function is more fully taken into account, and unless the causes of crime and disorder and the police role in controlling and preventing them are reconsidered, the ideals of police reform will remain elusive.

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Review Essay
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Law & Social Inquiry , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , Winter 2009 , pp. 169 - 185
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Copyright © American Bar Foundation, 2009 

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