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Five Years after Ferguson: Reflecting on Police Reform and What’s Ahead

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  • Laurie O. Robinson

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Policing in the United States is not the same profession it was before Michael Brown’s death on a street in Ferguson, Missouri, five years ago. Police use of lethal force has become central to the debate triggered by Ferguson. In this article, I review steps taken to implement policing reforms at local, state, and federal levels; note obstacles to reform; and speculate about which proposals advanced by authors in this volume might be implemented by policy-makers at different levels of government. I conclude by suggesting four areas where attention is needed if reform measures are going to be successfully institutionalized, and I comment on current bipartisan attention in Washington to criminal justice that offers the potential for federal action.

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  • Laurie O. Robinson, 2020. "Five Years after Ferguson: Reflecting on Police Reform and What’s Ahead," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 687(1), pages 228-239, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:687:y:2020:i:1:p:228-239
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716219887372
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