Shielded : how the police became untouchable / Joanna Schwartz.

"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"-- "In recent years, the high-profile murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and so many others have brought much-needed attention to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schwartz, Joanna C. (Author)
Language:English
Published: [New York, New York] : Viking, [2023]
Subjects:
Tort liability of police > United States.
Police misconduct > Law and legislation > United States.
Privileges and immunities > United States.
Police misconduct > Law and legislation.
Privileges and immunities.
Tort liability of police.
United States.
Qualified immunity.
Physical Description:xxi, 308 pages ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
How the police became untouchable
Format: Book

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