Police Accountability

Police Accountability is a governance mechanism within law enforcement institutions that ensures transparency, oversight, and responsibility for officers' actions through institutional, legal, and community-based controls to prevent abuse of power and uphold public trust.

Publications

99.2K

Citations

2.7K

Authors

878

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

505

Parents

Policing

Children

Arrest AccountabilityConsent Decree OversightEvidence-based Accountability ReformsExcessive Force LitigationOfficer-involved ShootingsPolice Data TransparencyPolice Union AccountabilitySearch-and-seizure AccountabilityStop-and-frisk AccountabilityUse Of Force Oversight

Publications

The Role of Procedural Justice and Legitimacy in Shaping Public Support for Policing

Jason Sunshine, Tom R. Tyler · Law & Society Review · 2003 · 2.9K citations

Social Sciences, Criminology, Public Policy +16

Enhancing Police Legitimacy

Tom R. Tyler · The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science · 2004 · 1.3K citations

Social Sciences, Criminology, Public Administration +16

The Functions of the Police in Modern Society.

Egon Bittner · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1972 · 997 citations

Social Sciences, Criminology, Sociology +12

Viewing Things Differently: The Dimensions of Public Perceptions of Police Legitimacy

Justice Tankebe · Criminology · 2012 · 883 citations

Social Sciences, Criminology, Crime +16

The impact of polices on government social media usage: Issues, challenges, and recommendations

John Carlo Bertot, Paul T. Jaeger, Derek L. Hansen · Government Information Quarterly · 2011 · 811 citations

Social Sciences, Political Communication, Public Administration +12

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Authors

2.7K

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Ben Bradford
University College London, United Kingdom
22 publications · 1.6K citations
17
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Jonathan Jackson
London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
20 publications · 1.6K citations
17
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Geoffrey P. Alpert
University of South Carolina, United States
15 publications · 857 citations
14
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Barak Ariel
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
14 publications · 1.5K citations
14
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Tim Prenzler
Griffith University, Australia
16 publications · 542 citations
14
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1–5 of 2.7K

Institutions

878

1–8 of 878

Venues

Journal of Criminal Justice
102 publications · 6.3K citations
47
h-index
Policing & Society
94 publications · 4K citations
39
h-index
Policing A Journal of Policy and Practice
85 publications · 3K citations
32
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Policing An International Journal
PIJPSM · 58 publications · 2K citations
29
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Police Practice and Research
PPR · 62 publications · 2K citations
26
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