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Author Schwartz, Joanna C., author.

Title Shielded : how the police became untouchable / Joanna Schwartz.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Viking, [2023]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3025349~S1
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  344.73052 SCH    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  344.73052 SCH    AVAILABLE
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Description xxi, 308 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction -- How we got here -- Lawyers -- The complaint -- The Constitution -- Qualified immunity -- Suing the city -- Judges -- Juries -- Court ordered reforms -- Officers' bank accounts -- Local government budgets -- Learning from lawsuits -- A better way.
Summary "An urgent and definitive examination of how the legal system prevents accountability for police misconduct, from one of the country's leading scholars on policing"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-291) and index.
Subject Tort liability of police -- United States.
Police misconduct -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Privileges and immunities -- United States.
ISBN 9780593299364 (hardcover)
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