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In this final chapter, we discuss the current state of police–community relations and offer recommendations to scholars, practitioners, and frontline managers who desire a more representative and ultimately harmonious relationship between citizens and police including improved and more equitable outcomes. We outline our primary contributions to the academic study of policing and representative bureaucracy . Based on each of those findings, we suggest appropriate policy solutions to address current problems. We argue that these policy solutions offer the potential to improve police–community relations , specifically the relationship between police and minorities. Further, we outline important questions that remain in the field of representative bureaucracy at large, and its application specifically in the area of policing.
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Kennedy, B.A., Butz, A.M., Lajevardi, N., Nanes, M.J. (2017). Conclusions and Lessons for Reform. In: Race and Representative Bureaucracy in American Policing. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53991-1_6
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