Product Description
by Miltonette Olivia Craig (Editor), Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill (Editor)
Justice and Legitimacy in Policing critically analyzes the state of American policing and evaluates proposed solutions to reform/transform the institution, such as implementing body-worn cameras, increasing diversity in police agencies, problem of crimmigration, limiting qualified immunity, and abolitionist movement.
Author Biography
Miltonette Olivia Craig is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Sam Houston State University. She completed her Ph.D. at Florida State University and J.D. at Georgia State University. Her primary research focus is on racial disparities in policing outcomes such as traffic stops, citizen complaints, and protest responses. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, Journal of Criminal Justice, Race and Justice, and Policing: An International Journal.
Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill is an Assistant Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. He completed his Ph.D. at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (City University of New York) and J.D. at Emory University. His research interests include social and racial identity, police trust and legitimacy, and perceptions of justice. His work has appeared in Criminal Justice and Behavior, Critical Criminology, Race and Justice, and Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice.
