Keywords
eric garner, policymaking, new york, criminal law
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The Eric Garner incident serves as a sentinel event exposing weakness in our system of policing low-level offenses. The New York Police Department policy at the center of this encounter lacked a foundation of sound evidence. Administrative mandates forced officers to make a custodial arrest instead of releasing a low-level offender in the field. Combined, they created a condition ripe for tragic results. Custodial arrests should serve important public interests, but none are apparent here. This incident presents a call for greater scholarly partnerships with police and other stakeholders to provide studies with evidence on which better public policy can be based.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.21428/b6e95092.b820d350
Recommended Citation
Mazza, Joe D.
(2018)
"The Eric Garner Incident: Sentinel Calls for Greater Scholarly Support in Policymaking,"
Journal of Criminal Justice and Law: Vol. 2:
Iss.
2, Article 4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21428/b6e95092.b820d350
Available at:
https://research.library.kutztown.edu/jcjl/vol2/iss2/4