Citizens' Police Review
(see also Criminal Justice, Police Work & Police Brutality)
Basics
On the Web: Articles
On the Web: Specialized Sites
Best Practices in Police Accountability
National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement
National Coalition on Police Accountability
National Police Accountability Project (National Lawyers' League)
Police Accountability Campaign (Portland, OR)
Police Accountability Project (ACLU of Texas)
In the Library: Articles
Walker, Samuel. "Controlling the cops: a legislative approach to police rulemaking," University of Detroit Law Review 63,3 (spr 1986).
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Walker, Samuel. A Critical History of Police Reform: The Emergence of Professionalism (Lexington MA: Lexington, 1977).
__________. Citizen Review Resources (Washington: Police Executive Research Forum, 1995).
__________. Police Accountability: Establishing an Early Warning System (Washington: ICMA, 2000).
__________. Geoffrey P. Alpert & Dennis J. Kenney. Early Warning Systems: Responding to the Problem Police Officer (Washington: US Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 2001).
__________. Police Accountability: The Role of Citizen Oversight (Belmont CA: Wadsworth Thompson Learning, 2001).
__________. Carol Archbold & Leigh Herbst. Mediating Citizen Complaints Against Police Officers: A Guide for Police & Community Leaders (Washington: US Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2002).