Excessive Use of Force
Police Attitudes Towards Abuse of Authority: Findings
From a National Study
National Institute of Justice, May 2000
KEYWORDS: excessive use of force, racism, police supervision, police training,
community policing, blue wall of silence, statistics.
National Institute of Justice
810 Seventh St., NW
Washington, DC 20531
Telephone: (202) 307-2942
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/181312.pdf
The Measurement of Police Integrity
National Institute of Justice, May 2000
KEYWORDS: police corruption, police supervision, blue wall of silence
National Institute of Justice
810 Seventh St., NW
Washington, DC 20531
Telephone: (202) 307-2942
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/181465.pdf
Police Practices and Civil Rights in New York City
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, June 2000
KEYWORDS: police training, CCRB, stop and frisk, Special units, racial profiling
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
624 Ninth Street NW
Washington, DC 20425
Telephone: (202) 376-8128
http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/nypolice/main.htm
Use of Force by Police: Overview of National and Local
Data
National Institute of Justice, National Bureau of Criminal Justice Statistics,
1999
KEYWORDS: statistics, excessive use of force, police use of force.
National Institute of Justice
810 Seventh St., NW
Washington, DC 20531
Telephone: (202) 307-2942
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/176330-1.pdf
United States of America: Race, Rights and Police Brutality
Amnesty International, September 1999
KEYWORDS: excessive use of force, racial profiling
Amnesty International USA
322 Eight Avenue
New York, NY 10001
http://www.amnesty.org/library
(Search AI index: AMR 51/147/1999)
Summary of Concerns on Police Abuse in Chicago
Amnesty International, October 1999
KEYWORDS: excessive use of force, police accountability.
Amnesty International USA
322 Eight Avenue
New York, NY 10001
http://www.amnesty.org/library
(Search AI index: AMR 51/168/1999)
Justice Department Opens Civil Rights investigation into
Riverside, California Police Department
Department of Justice July 8, 1999
KEYWORDS: 42 U.S.C. § 14141, pattern or practice, excessive force
Office of the Assistant Attorney General
Civil Rights Division
P.O. Box 65808
Washington, D.C. 20035-5808
Telephone: (202) 514-2151
Fax: (202) 514-0293
TDD: (202) 514-0716
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/1999/July/291cr.htm
Law Enforcement Information on Drug-Related Police Corruption
National Institute of Justice, 1998
KEYWORDS: police corruption, drugs, blue wall of silence, excessive use of
force, early warning systems.
National Institute of Justice
810 Seventh St., NW
Washington, DC 20531
Telephone: (202) 307-2942
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/gg98111.pdf
Police Use of Force Collection of National Data
Bureau of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1998
KEYWORDS: statistics, excessive use of force, police use of force
Bureau of Criminal Justice Statistics
810 Seventh Street, NW
Washington, DC 20531
Telephone: (202) 307-0765
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/puof.pdf
Shielded from Justice: Police Brutality and Accountability
in the United States
Human Rights Watch, June 1998
KEYWORDS: excessive use of force, police accountability, international human
rights, police oversight, chemical weapons, police technology, policing strategies
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10118-3299 USA
Telephone: (212) 290-4700
Fax: (212) 736-1300
http://www.hrw.org/reports98/police/
National Data Collection on Police Use of Force
National Institute of Justice and Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1996
KEYWORDS: statistics, Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994,
excessive use of force
National Institute of Justice
810 Seventh St., NW
Washington, DC 20531
Telephone: (202) 307-2942
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ndcopuof.pdf
Understanding the Use of Force By and Against the Police
National Institute of Justice, 1996
KEYWORDS: police use of force
National Institute of Justice
810 Seventh St., NW
Washington, DC 20531
Telephone: (202) 307-2942
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/forcerib.pdf
Controlling Police Use of Excessive Force: The Role of
the Police Psychologist
National Institute of Justice, 1994
KEYWORDS: early warning systems, excessive use of force
National Institute of Justice
810 Seventh St., NW
Washington, DC 20531
Telephone: (202) 307-2942
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/ppsyc.txt
Addressing Police Misconduct Laws Enforced by the United
States Department of Justice
U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
KEYWORDS: police accountability, 42 U.S.C. § 14141, Title VI
Office of the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division
P.O. Box 65808
Washington, D.C. 20035-5808
Telephone: (202) 514-2151
Fax: (202) 514-0293
TDD: (202) 514-0716
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/split/documents/polmis.htm
Anti-Violence Project (AVP)
KEYWORDS: LGBT, statistics
LAMBDA
P.O. Box 31321
El Paso, TX 79931-0321
Telephone: (800) 616-HATE (24-hour help line)
http://www.lambda.org/avp_gen.htm#Anti-LGBTH
Incidents
The Role of Penalty Schedules in Managing Police Misconduct
A White Paper produced on behalf of the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission by
Philip J. Maloney M. A., Research Fellow
KEYWORDS: police supervision, blue wall of silence, police discretion, police
corruption
Memphis Shelby Crime Commission
50 North Front Street, Suite 650
Memphis, Tennessee 38103
Telephone: (901) 527-2600
Fax: (901) 527-5300
http://www.memphiscrime.org/research/whitepapers/wp5.html
Citizens Review Panel Final Report
Final report issued by a citizen panel appointed to evaluate the issue
of
police accountability and the process by which reports of police misconduct
are investigated by the Seattle Police Department.
KEYWORDS: police supervision, police training
Office of the Clerk
600 Fourth Avenue
Room 104 Municipal Building
Seattle, WA 98104-1892
http://www.cityofseattle.net/html/crfinalreport.htm
BOOKS
Police Use of Force
By Tony Pate and Lorie Fridell
A national study on the use of force and the processing of complaints by police
departments. An important collection of survey data submitted by police organizations
throughout the the United States. A copy of the publication can be obtained
from the Police Foundation by calling (202) 833-1460.
And Justice For All: Understanding and Controlling Police
Abuse of Force
By William A. Gellar and Hans Toch
A copy of the book an be obtained from The Police Executive Research Forum by
calling (202) 466-7820 or writing to at 1120 Conn Ave. NW Washington, DC 20037.
Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the Riots Changed
Los Angeles and the LAPD
By Lou Cannon
Westview Press ISBN: 0813337259 (October 1999)
Recommended by Amazon readers for both community activists and police officers.
Above the Law: Police and the Excessive Use of Force
By Jerome H. Skolnick, James J. Fyfe
Free Press, Reprint edition (April 1994)
Police Violence: Understanding and Controlling Police
Abuse of Force
By William A. Geller and Hans Toch
Yale University Press (September 1996)
Experts focus on such topics as the theory, causes, and extent of police brutality;
the influence of race, public and police opinions on the abuse of force; and
police brutality in other countries. In the final chapter, the editors suggest
practical innovations to help control this urgent problem and new directions
for research.
False Arrest, Malicious Prosecution and Police Misconduct:
Pleadings and Practice
By Jerome M. Ginsberg
Juris Publishing Inc. (January 1992)
The New Untouchables: How America Sanctions Police Violence
By John Desantis
Noble Press (September 1994)
The New Untouchables thoughtfully reviews traditional police roles and police
culture, the difficult but necessary task of defining excessive use of force,
and the role of cultural stereotypes, media exigencies, and the war on drugs
in justifying police overreaction.
Police Use of Force: Official Reports, Citizen Complaints,
and Legal Consequences
By Antony M. Pate, Lorie A. Fridell and Edwin E. Hamilton
Police Foundation (November 1993)
Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis
By Christian Parenti
Verso Books (September 1999)
A critical look at criminal justice policies in the past three decades, as
played out in policing strategies and equipment and the imprisonment frenzy.
Deadly Force: What We Know - A Practitioner's Desk Reference
on Police-Involved Shootings
By William A. Geller and Michael S. Scott
Police Executive Research Forum (1992)
False Arrest, Malicious Prosecution,
and Police Misconduct
By Jerome M. Ginsberg
Juris Publishing, Inc.
For information on how to obtain a copy of this publication call (800) 887-4064.
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