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PA 350: Police Accountability

While modern police departments have always been at odds with the citizens they serve, the events of recent years have thrust this dichotomy into the public spotlight. The conflict is contentious and a resolution is not entirely clear. This course examines the police and their role and authority, the most common ways that police abuse that authority, the consequences of police abuses, and efforts to curtail police abuse of authority.