Professor Tracey Meares discusses why building community trust must be at the foundation of police reform. Departments can strengthen legitimacy by looking beyond the goal of reducing crime to focus on citizen engagement and addressing past injustices.
For more on this topic
- Read her two-page brief, How America's Criminal Justice System Educates Citizens, or her opinion piece in the New York Times.
- Check out The President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing.
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