Lewis & Clark Law Review
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Abstract
The summer of 2020 was marked by a series of high-profile police killings of citizens, highlighting excessive force as the most pernicious form of racial injustice in American policing. The persistence of the excessive use of force problem over decades raises serious questions regarding what we know about police accountability, and has led some to argue for defunding or even abolishing the police. However, the roadmap to effective police accountability is tangible and known. In this Article, we delineate eight guiding principles and eight strate-
Recommended Citation
Michael D. White, Henry F. Fradella & Michaela Flippin,
How Can We Achieve Accountability in Policing? The (Not-So-Secret) Ingredients to Effective Police Reform,
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Lewis & Clark L. Rev.
405
(2021).
Available at:
https://lawcommons.lclark.edu/lclr/vol25/iss2/3