TY - JOUR
AU - Block, Fred
AB - BOOK REVIEWS | 933 Few subjects have generated more controversy over the relationship between the police and the community than civilia n review of police misconduct. Perez suggests that complaints are endemic to the police experience and that most are not substantia in l their content or intent. According to survey data, citizens desire their government to respond to their grievances in an open and effective manner. The findings in Common Sense About Police Review indicate that about 80 percent of the complaints are not substantiated by any kind of review mechanism ; thus most complainants are not satisfied with review, whateve r the form. On the other hand, police data suggest that any complaint is substantia to l a police officer, because it may affect assignments, promotion, income, and future. Fearin g loss of control of their organizations, police argue that civilian review is inherently unfair, becaus e citizens are unfamiliar with poUce work. Yet, when civilian boards and police review investigations run parallel the outcomes are almost always the same, and generall civil y ian review finds police guilty of misconduct less often. The author compares three model sof police review: the internal affairs unit of the 
TI - Living on the Edge: The Realities of Welfare in America by Mark Robert Rank
JO - Political Science Quarterly
DO - 10.2307/2152557
DA - 1994-12-15
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/living-on-the-edge-the-realities-of-welfare-in-america-by-mark-robert-itQWxS1khX
SP - 933
EP - 935
VL - 109
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -