PREFACE
Observations on the Study of Police Accountability
Candace McCoy
INTRODUCTION
1. Police Accountability and the Central Problem in American Criminal Justice
Samuel Walker
PART I
ACCOUNTABLE TO WHAT?
2. Policing from the Bottom Up: A Protection of Life Mandate Informed by the Principles of “Good” Policing
Robert J. Kane
3. The Policy and Practice of Deadly Force: The Forces of Change
Lorie A. Fridell
PART II
THE USE OF NONDEADLY FORCE
4. Police Use of Nondeadly Force: From Determining Appropriateness to Assessing the Impact of Policy
William Terrill
5. “Don’t Taze Me, Bro”: Investigating the Use and Effectiveness of the TASER
Michael D. White and Justin Ready
6. Can Police Training Affect the Use of Force on the Streets? The Metro-Dade Violence Reduction Field Experiment
David Klinger
PART III
METHODS TO ENCOURAGE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
7. How Civil Rights Lawsuits Improve American Policing
Candace McCoy
8. The Effects of Officer Fatigue on Police Accountability and Discretion
Brian Vila and Jason M. Moore
9. Training for the Data-Driven Police Department
Michael D. White
