Lightning Talk: Police Accountability

Session Submission Type: Lightning Talk Session

Abstract/Description

Police are held accountable by their own organization as well as the communities they serve. Police accountability can best be described as having front-end and back-end mechanisms. Front-end mechanisms of accountability include organizational policies, training, supervision, body-worn cameras, and early-intervention systems. Back-end mechanisms include internal affairs and occasionally the court system facilitates the accountability process by hearing criminal and civil cases regarding police behavior. Some of these mechanisms overlap and often are used in tandem to bolster accountability. This lightning talk highlights issues surrounding police accountability both domestically and internationally.

Sub Unit

• Area XIII. Lightning Talk Sessions

Chair

• Thomas Mrozla, University of South Dakota

Discussants

• Janne Gaub, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

• Christopher Harris, University of Massachusetts Lowell

• Philip Stinson, Bowling Green State University

• Ilana Friedman, The University of Texas at Austin

• Laura Keesman, University of Amsterdam

• Veronyka James, Justice Administration Department

• Monika Baylis, University of Leicester