Abstract
This Article proposes that policymakers should draw from the emerging New Governance theoretical framework--particularly democratic experimentalism--in order to develop strategies to successfully reform law-enforcement agencies. Modem police departments function like administrative agencies, and as such, they are susceptible to the same deficiencies that traditional agencies experience in other administrative contexts. Given the traditionally insular nature of law-enforcement agencies, the need for political legitimacy in the reform process is amplified in the policing context. Therefore, in order to eliminate patterns of police misconduct and corruption, reform measures should embody characteristics that promote stakeholder participation and local experimentation.
This abstract has been adapted from the author's introduction.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 2010
Publication Information
59 Catholic University Law Review 373-426 (2010)
Repository Citation
Chavis Simmons, Kami, "New Governance and the "New Paradigm" of Police Accountability: A Democratic Approach to Police Reform" (2010). Faculty Publications. 2083.
https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/facpubs/2083