Race, policing, and public governance : on the other side of now / Brian N. Williams [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Brian N., 1967- author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in public and nonprofit administration, 2515-4303.

Cambridge elements. Elements in public and nonprofit administration, 2515-4303

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police administration.

Race relations.

Police-community relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (93 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

I can't breathe ... a haunting phrase moaned at the intersection of past and present, serving as an audible supplement to the visual evidence to yet another collision of race and policing. This phrase reflects the current state of police-community relations in the United States. But, what lies on the other side of now? This Element examines this salient question in the context of excessive use of force and through the lenses of race, policing and public governance. We draw upon extant research and scholarship on representative bureaucracy, public engagement in the co-creation of public polices and the co-production of public services, and the emerging findings from studies in network science, coupled with insights from elite interviews, to offer implications for future research, the profession of policing, the public policymaking process, public management, and post-secondary institutions.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Race, Policing, and Public Governance

Contents

1 Introduction

1.1 The Backdrop

1.2 The Mattering of Lives?

1.3 Excessive Use of Force: A Wicked Problem and Its Environment

1.4 The Search for Justice as a Sisyphean Task

1.5 At the Intersection of Past and Present

1.6 Goal, Resulting Approach, and Distinctiveness of Element

2 Theoretical Connections

2.1 Representative Bureaucracy

2.2 Network Science: The Social Networks of Police Officers

2.3 Cocreation and Coproduction

3 The Interplay of Race, Policing, and Public Governance

3.1 An Examination of the Past

3.1.1 The Genesis and Legacy of Black Crimmythology

3.1.2 Discussion of Racism: Systemic, Structured, and Institutionalized

3.1.3 Policing: A Review of the Evolution of the American Experience

3.1.4 Graham v. Connor: The Architecture of Police Use of Force - 1983

3.1.5 Qualified Immunity: An Overview

3.2 The Impact on the Present in Black and White and on Blue

3.2.1 The Revelation of Public Opinion Data

3.2.2 Public Trust and Confidence in Law Enforcement and the US CriminalJustice System in Black and White

3.2.3 Discussion of Impact on the Blue

3.3 Where Do We Go from Here?

3.3.1 Opportunity Costs and Opportunities Lost

3.3.2 Opportunity for Public Governance

4 On the Other Side of Now: Implications for the Future

4.1 Methodological Approach to Generating Implications

4.1.1 Elite Interviews

4.1.2 Recruitment of Participants and Development of Questions

4.1.3 Data Breakdown and Analysis

4.1.4 Emergent Themes

4.2 Implications for the Profession of Policing

4.2.1 Recruitment, Selection, Training, and Appraisal of Performanceof Officers

4.3 Implications for Future Researc

4.3.1 Representative Bureaucracy

4.3.2 Networks Sciences.

4.3.3 Cocreation and Coproduction

4.4 Implications for Public Policy-Making Process and PoliceReform

4.4.1 Reimagining and Redesigning Police Policies

4.4.2 A Reexamination of the Reasonableness Standard: WhatIs Reasonableness?

4.4.3 Implications for the Doctrine of Qualified Immunity

4.5 Implications for Pubic Governance: The Governance Challenge

4.5.1 Implications for Power with and a Shared Sense of Responsibility

4.6 Implications for Postsecondary Institutions

4.6.1 Student Learning

4.6.2 Student Engagement

4.6.3 Student Advocacy and Action

4.6.4 The Evolving Role of Postsecondary Institutions

5 Conclusion

5.1 Our Final Thoughts: A Matter of the Heart

Appendix A Hyperlinks

Appendix B Instructional Aids

Bibliography

Dedication.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Jun 2021).

ISBN:

1-108-96805-8

1-108-96827-9

1-108-97319-1

OCLC:

1295270494