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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > law enforcement > policing > police conduct > accountability (police)

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accountability (police)  

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  • The development of accountability in American law enforcement is intertwined with the evolution of individual rights, personal freedoms, and internal and external drives for police professionalism. Webster's defines accountability as “subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify actions.” Throughout much of history, outside of the United States, police have been accountable to the heads of nation-states whether the authority figure was a king (Hammarabi); a monarch (King John of England); or a dictator (Napoleon, Stalin, Hitler). [Source: Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement; Accountability]

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