Umfang:
1 online resource (293 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780398093990
Inhalt:
The authors have more than 100 years of collective experience in assisting police unions. It all seemed so simple and formulaic. A social movement that had been lingering for decades reached a tipping point, and unions now had their greatest challenge ever. The last 5 years have seen what unions would describe as apocalyptic demands for reforms. Union leaders ranted about a war on the police, the end of the profession, and increasing hostility towards the police by the liberal media and politicians. Unions must change the way they do business if they want to survive. This book identifies the who, what and why of the reform movement, how to mount an effective political campaign, the complexities of an effective message, and the reasons police union leaders succeed and fail. This book is divided into five primary parts, each of which explores a police profession under attack from reform activists, left leaning media, politically correct chiefs, and weak mayors and councils afraid to push back against unrealistic and overreaching demands for reforms. Part I focuses on viewing reform as a social movement. Part II examines the battle between unions and reform activists. Part III unravels the mysterious world of police unions. Part IV predicts the future of the reform movement and police unions in light of the struggle taking place nationwide, and finally, Part V are case studies, perspectives and predictions from contributing authors who are on the front lines of the police labor movement in the U.S. and Australia. By following the superb analysis and creative ideas in this book, police union leaders, police management, law enforcement personnel, criminal justice professors and policymakers will see a path to reaching an accord on reform and advancing the police profession.
Inhalt:
Intro -- POLICE UNIONS AND THE REFORM MOVEMENT -- CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- Death of George Floyd Was the Tipping Point -- Why This Book Is so Critical to Police Unions? -- No Time Left to Ponder, Delay, Debate, or Fight Every Reform -- Officers Are One Vote Away from Losing It All -- Who Gets to Decide How the Police Will Police the Community? -- A Disclaimer -- LANGUAGE AND CONSTRUCTION -- CONTENTS -- POLICE UNIONS AND THE REFORM MOVEMENT -- Part I THE POLICE REFORM MOVEMENT -- Chapter 1 POLICE REFORM IS A SOCIAL MOVEMENT -- Rise, Fall, and Sustainability of Social Movements -- The Long Road to Police Reform -- Reform Movement Is Not a Monolith -- The Police Reform Pendulum -- Paradigm Shift on Police Use of Force -- Change Agent Was the Video Camera -- Is the Criminal Justice System Broken? -- Public Support of Reform Is Based on Perception -- Chapter 2 HOW DID REFORM ACTIVISTS GET SO POWERFUL? -- Activists Built a Powerful Coalition -- Activists Demand a Seat at the Table -- Activists Took Advantage of the Isolation of Police Unions -- Activists Have a Roadmap to Reform -- Activists Targeted Legal Protections for Officers -- Reality of Oversight Boards -- Chapter 3 POLITICIANS ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE STATE OF POLICING -- It All Comes Down to Cost -- Part II THE BATTLE FOR REFORM -- Chapter 4 AN ANALYSIS OF THE BATTLEFIELD -- FEDERAL LEGISLATION -- Reform Is Dead on Capitol Hill -- STATE LEGISLATION -- It's All Over but the Crying -- LOCAL LEGISLATION -- The Battle Continues -- Activists Power at the Ballot Box -- 2020: The Year of Reform Victories -- 2021: The Year the Reform Tide Slowed -- A BRIDGE TOO FAR -- Abolition of the Minneapolis Police Department -- Austin Police Manpower Referendum -- A BRIDGE NOT TOO FAR -- Cleveland Voters Adopt Reform -- A BRIDGE CLUTTERED WITH MISINFORMATION.
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9780398093983
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9780398093983
Sprache:
Englisch
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