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Rucker-Hughes, Waudieur “Woodie.” Interview. June 2, 2008. President, National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Riverside
Branch.
Sabel, Charles F., and William H. Simon. “Destabilization Rights: How Public Law
Litigation Succeeds.” Harvard Law Review. 117, no. 4 (February 2004):
1015-1101.
Sandler, Ross, and David Schoenbrod. Democracy by Decree: What Happens When
Courts Run Government. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003.
Schultz, David A. Leveraging the Law: Using the Courts to Achieve Social Change.
New York: Peter Lang, 1998.
Sherman, Lawrence W., and Ellen G. Cohn. Citizens Killed by Big City Police.
Washington: Crime Control Institute, 1986.
Siggins, Peter. Email to Louis Verdugo. November 8, 2000.
Skogan, Wesley G., ed. Community Policing: Can It Work? Boston: Wadsworth,
2004.
Skogan, Wesley G. Police and Community in Chicago: A Tale of Three Cities. New
York: Oxford University Press, 2006.
Skogan, Wesley G. et al. Community Policing in Chicago, Years Eight and Nine.
Chicago: Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, 2003.
Skogan, Wesley G., and Susan M. Hartnett. Community Policing: Chicago Style.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
Skolnick, Jerome H. Justice Without Trial: Law Enforcement in Democratic Society.
3rd ed. New York: Macmillan, 1994.
Skolnick, Jerome H., and David H. Bayley. The New Blue Line: Police Innovation in
Six American Cities. New York: Free Press, 1986.
Skolnick, Jerome H., and James J. Fyfe. Above the Law: Police and the Excessive
Use of Force. New York: Free Press, 1993.
Sparger, Jerry R., and David J. Giacopassi. “Memphis Revisited: A Re-Examination
of Police Shootings After the Garner Decision.” Justice Quarterly. 9 (1992):
211-225.
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| 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 |
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| Title | Page 206 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 194 Rucker-Hughes, Waudieur “Woodie.” Interview. June 2, 2008. President, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Riverside Branch. Sabel, Charles F., and William H. Simon. “Destabilization Rights: How Public Law Litigation Succeeds.” Harvard Law Review. 117, no. 4 (February 2004): 1015-1101. Sandler, Ross, and David Schoenbrod. Democracy by Decree: What Happens When Courts Run Government. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. Schultz, David A. Leveraging the Law: Using the Courts to Achieve Social Change. New York: Peter Lang, 1998. Sherman, Lawrence W., and Ellen G. Cohn. Citizens Killed by Big City Police. Washington: Crime Control Institute, 1986. Siggins, Peter. Email to Louis Verdugo. November 8, 2000. Skogan, Wesley G., ed. Community Policing: Can It Work? Boston: Wadsworth, 2004. Skogan, Wesley G. Police and Community in Chicago: A Tale of Three Cities. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Skogan, Wesley G. et al. Community Policing in Chicago, Years Eight and Nine. Chicago: Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, 2003. Skogan, Wesley G., and Susan M. Hartnett. Community Policing: Chicago Style. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Skolnick, Jerome H. Justice Without Trial: Law Enforcement in Democratic Society. 3rd ed. New York: Macmillan, 1994. Skolnick, Jerome H., and David H. Bayley. The New Blue Line: Police Innovation in Six American Cities. New York: Free Press, 1986. Skolnick, Jerome H., and James J. Fyfe. Above the Law: Police and the Excessive Use of Force. New York: Free Press, 1993. Sparger, Jerry R., and David J. Giacopassi. “Memphis Revisited: A Re-Examination of Police Shootings After the Garner Decision.” Justice Quarterly. 9 (1992): 211-225. |
