RESOURCES / HELPFUL LINKS

De Angelis, Joseph, "Assessing the Impact of Oversight and Procedural Justice on the Attitudes of Individuals Who File Police Complaints," Police Quarterly, June 2009, Volume 12, No. 2, 214-236.

Finn, Peter, “Citizen Review of Police: Approaches and Implementation,” National Institute of Justice, March 2001.

Goldsmith, Andre John and Colleen Lewis (Eds.), Civilian Oversight of Policing: Governance, Democracy, and Human Rights, Hart Publishing, 2000.

Human Rights Watch, Shielded From Justice: Police Brutality and Accountability in the United States, New York: Human Rights Watch, 1998.

Jones, Gareth, Conducting Administrative, Oversight & Ombudsman Investigations, Perfectbound, 2009.

Livingston, Debra, “The Unfulfilled Promise of Citizen Review,” Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, 2004, Volume 1, No. 2: 653-669.

Miller, Joel, “Civilian Oversight of Policing: Lessons from the Literature,” Vera Institute of Justice, Global Meeting on Civilian Oversight of Police, Los Angeles, May 5-8, 2002.

Noble, Jeffrey J. and Geoffrey P. Alpert (Eds.), Managing Accountability Systems for Police Conduct Internal Affairs and External Oversight, Waveland Press, Inc., 2008.

Perez, Douglas W., Common Sense About Police Review, Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1994.

Pitcher, Kris E., Birotte, Jr., André, and Django Sibley, "Developing Effective Interactions," The Police Chief 77: 46–48, (May 18, 2010).

Police Assessment Resource Center, “Review of National Police Oversight Models for the Eugene Police Commission,” February 2005.

Prenzler, Tim and Colleen Lewis, “Performance Indicators for Police Oversight Agencies,” Australian Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 64 Issue 2, 77 – 83: May 31, 2005.

Stone, Christopher, “Tracing police accountability in theory and practice: From Philadelphia to Abuja and Sao Paulo,” Theoretical Criminology 2007; 11; 245-259.

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, “Revisiting ‘Who is Guarding the Guardians?’” November 2000.

Stone, Christopher and Merrick Bobb, “Civilian Oversight of the Police in Democratic Societies.” Paper presented at the Global Meeting on Civilian Oversight of Police, Los Angeles, May 5-8, 2002.

Stone, Christopher, Foglesong, Todd, and Christine M. Cole, “Policing Los Angeles Under a Consent Decree: The Dynamics of Change in the LAPD,” Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School, May 2009.

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Who is Guarding the Guardians? A Report on Police Practices, 1981.

Versteeg, Mila, “Performance Measures for Human Rights Commissions,” Executive Session on Human Rights Commissions and Criminal Justice, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, August 2007.

Vera Institute of Justice, “Building Public Confidence in Police through Civilian Oversight, September 2002.

Walker, Samuel, "Police Accountability," http://samuelwalker.net/.

Walker, Samuel, The New World of Police Accountability, Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, 2005.

Walker, Samuel, “Core Principles for an Effective Police Auditor’s Office. A Report of the First National Police Auditors Conference,” March 26-27, 2003.

Walker, Samuel, Police Accountability: The Role of Citizen Oversight, Belmont: Wadsworth Professionalism in Policing Series, 2001.

Wechter, Jayson, “Investigating Citizen Complaints is Different: The Special Challenges of Investigating Citizen Complaints Against Police Officers,” A Report by the Police Professionalism Initiative of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, September 2004.

Mediation of Police Complaints Resources (Links where available)

Bartels, Elizabeth C. and Eli B. Silverman, “An exploratory study of the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board mediation program,“ Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management; Vol. 28, No. 4: 619 – 630, 2005.

Police Assessment Resource Center. Evaluation of a Pilot Community Policing Program: The Pasadena Police-Community Mediation and Dialog Program . COPS Evaluation Brief No. 2. Washington, D.C.: Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of Justice, 2008.

Walker, Samuel and Carol Archbold, “Mediating Citizen Complaints Against the Police: An Exploratory Study,” Journal of Dispute Resolution; Vol. 2000, No. 2: 231-244, 2000.

Walker, Samuel, Archbold, Carol and Leigh Herbst, “Mediating Citizen Complaints against Police Officers: A Guide for Police and Community Leaders,” (web version) Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 2002.

Berger, Vivian, “Civilian Versus Police: Mediation Can Help Bridge the Divide,” Negotiation Journal, Vol. 3, No. 16: 211-235, 2000.