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Geller, William A., and Hans Toch, eds. Police Violence: Understanding and
Controlling Police Use of Force. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996.
Gold, Scott. “State Steps into Police Reform in Riverside.” Los Angeles Times. Feb.
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Object Description
| Title | Policing accountability: an empirical investigation of state-sponsored police reform in Riverside, California |
| Author | Gomez, Jose Adolfo |
| Author email | jagclash@yahoo.com; jgomez@treasurer.ca.gov |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Political Science |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-08-01 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Restricted until 13 Oct. 2010. |
| Date published | 2010-10-13 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Renteln, Alison Dundes |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Newland, Chester A. Wong, Janelle S. |
| Abstract | The police have the ability to detain, arrest, and use force when necessary. Police accountability is thus of paramount concern to the public. Numerous examples of police misconduct, including cases of excessive force, brutality, and corruption, appear regularly via the news media. These incidents often evidence systemic organizational problems in law enforcement agencies. Scholars have observed that attempts at police reform have placed too much emphasis on individuals behaving badly, rather than on the systemic problems of the police department.; Beginning in the second half of the 1990s, federal and state Attorneys General began employing institutional reform litigation, in the form of consent decrees, to reform law enforcement agencies and enhance police accountability. The consent decrees were crafted to address systemic organizational dysfunction in local police departments. The United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) conducted most of these reform interventions. However, a notable exception was the settlement agreement between the Attorney General of the State of California and the City of Riverside, California.; There has been little research on the efficacy of these efforts to rehabilitate law enforcement agencies. This analysis is a case study of the effectiveness of the institutional reform intervention by the California Attorney General into the Riverside Police Department (RPD). The detailed examination revealed that the intervention produced constructive changes in the way the RPD conducts its business. The RPD became more professional, effective, transparent and accountable as it implemented the provisions of the consent decree, demonstrating that institutional reform litigation can result in meaningful police reform. The shadow of the law was ever present, encouraging an ethos of cooperation and exerting pressure for meaningful organizational change. The Riverside experience suggests that a facilitative oversight style produces constructive collaboration between the parties, improving the likelihood of durable police reform. Moreover, consent decrees to correct systemic police misconduct should not be the exclusive purview of the USDOJ. State Attorneys General can effectively initiate police reform and in some cases state intervention is a more appropriate alternative. |
| Keyword | institutional reform; police reform; police accountability; state attorney's general; police misconduct; organizational change; consent decrees |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Riverside |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Coverage date | 1993/2008 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1664 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Gomez, Jose Adolfo |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Gomez-2358 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Gomez-2358.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 197 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
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Geller, William A., and Hans Toch, eds. Police Violence: Understanding and
Controlling Police Use of Force. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996.
Gold, Scott. “State Steps into Police Reform in Riverside.” Los Angeles Times. Feb.
18, 2001: B1+.
Goldstein, Herman. “Improving Policing: A Problem-Oriented Approach,” Crime
and Delinquency. 25.2 (1979): 236-258.
Goldstein, Herman. Problem-Oriented Policing. Columbus: McGraw-Hill, 1990.
Goodman, James. Stories of Scottsboro. New York: Vintage Books, 1994.
Gorman, Tom. “Autopsy of Woman Killed by Police Released; Inquiry: Key
Questions, Such as Whether Tyisha Miller was Conscious When She was
Shot, Remain Unanswered.” Los Angeles Times. February 18, 1999a: B3.
________. “Officers Won’t be Charged in Slaying of Tyisha Miller; Police: Tactics
were ‘a Mistake,’ Not a Crime, Riverside County D.A. Concludes. FBI’s
Civil Rights Probe Continues.” Los Angeles Times. May 7, 1999b: A1.
Gorman, Tom and Julie Ha. “46 People Arrested At Rally Over Riverside Police
Shooting; Protests: National Figures Are Among Those Booked In Carefully
Orchestrated, Mostly Peaceful Demonstration Of 1,000 People.” Los Angeles
Times. May 11, 1999: B1.
Gorov, Lynda. “Stifling Rage Over a Death; Amid Pleas for Calm, Calif.
Community Demands Answers.” The Boston Globe. January 1, 1999: A1.
Graham v Connor. 490 U.S. 386 (1989).
Gray, Madison. “Rodney King.” Time Magazine. April 25, 2007.
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