Open AccessReforming Policing Institutions: A Closer Look at EndSARS and BLM
Author(s) -
Christina Prinvil
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
policy perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2377-7753
pISSN - 1085-7087
DOI - 10.4079/pp.v28i0.12
Subject(s) - accountability , power (physics) , criminal justice , law and economics , political science , business , economic justice , public administration , sociology , law , physics , quantum mechanics
Policing creates a form of power that can oppress and victimize vulnerable communities, with no real consequence for abuses of that power. Both the EndSARS and BLM movements bring attention to this lack of accountability and call for reform within policing institutions. To move toward sustainable and effective change, these governments must reform their criminal justice systems to create a more equal structure of power between policing institutions and the people.