Online Library on Best Police Practices is a database of internet resources bearing on police practices that have met the test of time and could serve as a template for Nevada police reform. The data repository includes a wide range of resources such as U.S. Department of Justice Guidelines on Civilian Oversight Process, FBI Report on White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement and Congressional response to this report, the U.S. House Committee Hearings on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability, The Washington Post Database on Racial Disparities in Fatal Police Shooting, Ferguson Civilian Review Task Force and Baltimore Community Oversight Task Force Recommendations. Users interested in scholarly work will find a selection of latest law review and social science articles on Cost of hiding police disciplinary records from the public, Challenges facing municipalities implementing civilian police reform, Provisions for reporting use of deadly force, Issues related to police union contracts, American Sociological Association's data repository on police abuse, the ASA special issue on race, justice and police violence. Below you will find resources on best police practices and reform initiatives organized by categories.
Demilitarization of Police Departments
Police Militarization. The Marshall Project (2021).
J. Go. The Imperial Origins of American Policing: Militarization and Imperial Feedback in the Early 20th Century. 125 American Journal of Sociology (2020)
M. Shank. How Police Became Paramilitaries. The New York Review of Books. June 3 (2020).
T. Burrus. How Militarized Police Can Attract the Wrong Officers. Cato Institute. June 24 (2020).
G. Klein. The Militarization of the Police? Ideology Versus Reality. Cognella Academic Publishing. Reviewed by J. Roberts (2020).
R. Mangual. Police Use of Force and the Practical Limits of Popular Reform Proposals. 21 Federalist Society Review (2020).
The Lethal Results of Police Militarization in 2020. Georgetown Security Studies Review. October 18 (2020).
B. Barret. The Pentagon's Hand-Me-Downs Helped Militarize Police. Here's How. Wired. June 2 (2020).
C. Joyner and N. Thieme. Police killings more likely in agencies that get military gear, data shows. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. October 8 (2020).
S. Hansen and H. Touaryalai. Call 911: How Police Built Military Arsenals and A Firm Grip On Local Budgets, And Why Defunding May Be Inevitable. The Forbes. June 26 (2020).
J. Moule et al. Public Support for Police Use of SWAT: Examining the Relevance of Legitimacy. 42 J. of Crime & Justice (2019).
E. Lieblich and A. Shinar. The Case Against Police Militarization. 30 Mich. J. Race & L. (2018).
E. Lawson. Trends: Police Militarization and the Use of Lethal Force. 72 Political Research Quarterly (2018).
B. Fox et al. Categorically complex: A latent class analysis of public perceptions of police militarization. 58 J. Crim Justice (2018).
J. Mummolo. Militarization Fails to Enhance Police Safety or Reduce Crime but May Harm Police Reputation. 15 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2018).
V. Bove and E. Gavrilova. Police Officer on the Frontline or a Soldier? The Effect of Police Militarization on Crime. 9 American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2017).
M. Bell. Police Reform and the Dismantling of Legal Estrangement. 2017 Yale L. J. (2017).
S. Bieler. Police militarization in the USA: the state of the field. Policing: An International Journal (2016).
J. Doherty. Us vs. Them: The Militarization of American Law Enforcement and the Psychological Effect on Police Officers and Civilians 25 S. Cal. Interdisc. L.J. (2016).
J. Adachi. Police Militarization and the War on Citizens. American Bar Association (2016).
N. Bolduc. Global Insecurity: How Risk Theory Gave Rise to Global Police Militarization. 23 Indiana J. Glob. Leg. Stud. (2016).
P. Kraska and V. Kappeler. Militarizing American police: The rise and normalization of paramilitary units. 44 Social problems (1997).