Stakeholder perspectives on police complaints and discipline: towards a civilian control model. From: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology | Date: April 1, 2004| Author: Prenzler, Tim | COPYRIGHT 2004 Australian Academic Press Pty. Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

This paper examines the case for independent investigation and adjudication of complaints against police, and the implications for restructuring of public sector institutions concerned with integrity. The need for external review of police in-house investigations is well established. However, there is now an accelerating trend for civilian agencies to go beyond review to engage directly in investigations and to have much greater input into disciplinary decisions. This paper reports ...

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