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It should be accepted that in each and every country, there are problems of police
misconduct, and there is no country where their police force has never been accused of
depriving the rights of citizens or immune from doing so (Champion, 2001). The
difference among different countries is in their responses to these problems, in how
effective their remedies are.
This study does not seek to determine the reasons that police act improperly.
Rather, I am interested in understanding how to avoid these unconstitutional acts.
Luckily, the American democratic system has its own checks and balances to handle
constitutional violations. According to one author, the police brutality problem is
exaggerated in the US (Puddington, 2001). Moreover, in comparison to other
democracies, American democracy is very adaptable to change when the public feels the
change is necessary. The system adjusts itself to new situations. However, the problem of
American society is its resistance to change when the change comes from covert
institutions that are out of popular control. The American policing experience, therefore,
is very unique to study in that there are examples of both totalitarian (conservatives) and
liberal societies. In other words, the American criminal justice system preserves both
autocratic and democratic policies (Zalman, 2000). In spite of some arguments to the
contrary (Luna, 2000), American policing has very unique characteristics that are not
common to most otherworld police organizations. These three characteristics are
"responsiveness to citizen demands," "public accountability," and "openness to
evaluation" (Bayley, 1998).
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Lofca, Izzet. A Case Study on Police Misconduct in the United States of America and an Applicable Model for the Turkish National Police., thesis, August 2002; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3234/m1/11/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .