On the Wrong Side of The Law

Complaints Against Metropolitan Police, 1829-1964

By:

Graham Smith

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Palgrave's Critical Policing Studies

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This book, the first of a two volume study, provides an historical account of complaints against Metropolitan police officers between formation of the force in 1829 and codification of remedies for misconduct under the Police Act 1964. A complainant centred standpoint is developed to counteract the marginalization of the interests of victims, which is held to demonstrate that the drive for effective and efficient law enforcement has overshadowed the public interest in holding officers to account for misconduct. After officer accountability before the criminal courts diminished in the nineteenth century, missed opportunities to reform complaints procedures following commissions of inquiry in 1906-08, 1928 and 1960-62 are discussed. The second volume of the study, Combating Impunity: Complaints Against Metropolitan Police, 1964-2021, will examine the part played by complainants and civil society organisations in combating police impunity in the citizen oversight era.

Author Biography:

Graham Smith is Senior Lecturer in Regulation in the School of Law at the University of Manchester, UK and co-founder of ManReg: The Manchester Centre for Regulation, Governance and Public Law. Graham has close to 40 years of experience in the field of police misconduct and officer accountability as a complainant, civil rights activist, consultant, researcher and international expert on human rights law. In recent years he has advised governments on behalf of the Council of Europe on criminal justice reform and combating impunity for torture and ill-treatment.

Release date NZ

August 26th, 2021

Author

Graham Smith

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Edition

1st ed. 2020

Illustrations

1 Illustrations, black and white; XV, 216 p. 1 illus.

Pages

216

Series

Palgrave's Critical Policing Studies

ISBN-13

9783030482244

Product ID

35206463

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