Police Brutality
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The following guide provides Web site links, a list of selected
books, and access to online periodical articles about this subject.
The Web site links have been researched, evaluated, and annotated by
Rio Hondo College Librarians. The Librarians have specifically
selected these Web sites to meet the research needs of Rio Hondo
College students
Web Site Links
Amnesty International -- California : Update on Police
Brutality (1999) http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGAMR511501999
Amnesty International's report over their concerns on police
brutality in California, also mentions deaths in custody,
questionable shootings, the use of pepper sprays, etc.
Deadly Force : A 20-Year Study of Fatal Encounters (2002)
http://www.fbi.gov/publications/leb/2002/april2002/april02leb.htm#page_7
A study of Minnesota peace officers who were involved in
using deadly force between 1981-2000.
Human Rights Watch -- Shielded from Justice : Police
Brutality and Accountability in the United States (1998)
http://www.hrw.org/reports98/police/toc.htm
This report is based on research conducted in fourteen U.S.
cities over two and a half years. Rather than focusing on
one city and its police department's problem with abuse, it
examined large cities representing most regions of the nation to
find common obstacles to accountability.
See city profiles - Los Angeles.
Police Practices http://aclu.org/police/index.html
Police abuse continues to be a major civil liberties problem in
the U.S., particularly in poor communities and communities of
color. The ACLU has led the charge for every citizen to
have effective and humane law enforcement in their communities
and courtrooms. Learn more about efforts to protect the
rights guaranteed to all Americans.
Police Use of Force : Addressing Community Racial Tensions
(2002) http://www.usdoj.gov/crs/pubs/pubbullpoliceuseofforcedraftrevision72002.htm
The federal government's 'peacemaker,' Community Relations
Services (CRS), provides some practical steps to city
officials, police executives and community leaders to prevent
community racial conflicts associated with police use of force
incidents and to improve police policies and practices.
Police Use of Nondeadly Force to Arrest (1997)
http://www.fbi.gov/publications/leb/1997/oct975.htm
This is an article written by a legal instructor at the FBI
academy. It discusses the level of force officers are
allowed to use when making arrests.
Use of Force By Police : Overview of National and Local
Data (1999) Chapters 1-3 http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/176330-1.pdf
Use of Force by Police : Overview of National and Local Data
(1999) Chapters 4-6 http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/176330-2.pdf
This is a series of publications by the National Institute of
Justice (NIJ) and the Bureau of Justice statistics (BJS) that
seek to inform public discussion by examining police use of
force from many perspectives. It provides an overview of
the state of police use of force, updates progress on national
surveys and projects on several jurisdictions, and suggestions
for future research agenda on police use of force.
Online Databases (Rio Hondo Students only)
Gail Virtual Reference Library
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cclc_rio?db=GVRL
Search the Gale Virtual Reference Library for reference
articles on police brutality.
SIRS http://sks.sirs.com
Search for "police brutality" in this database to find articles
and graphics on the topic.
Books
The following books can be located in the
Rio Hondo College Library.
Police brutality (Current
controversies)
Call number: Ref HV8141.P564 2004
Police brutality :
opposing viewpoints
Call number: Ref HV8141.P565 2007
Police misconduct in
America : a reference handbook (Contemporary world issues)
Call number: Ref HV8141.C44 2001
Suggested Subject Headings
For additional titles on this topic at Rio Hondo, click on the
following Library of Congress subject headings:
Discrimination in law enforcement--United States
Media
The following
media can be located in the Rio Hondo College Library,
to be viewed in the Library.
Twilight -- Los Angeles
Call number: Video 001224
"On March 3, 1991, an African-American man was brutally beaten by four
white Los Angeles police officers who stopped him for speeding. On
April 29, 1992, when the jury's 'not guilty' verdict dismissed the
officers on trial for the assault, the city ignited into three days of
rioting, looting and violence that left neighborhoods smoldering.
'Twilight--Los Angeles,' adapted from Anna Deavere Smith's searing
one-woman play, captures this tumultuous and challenging moment in
America's race relations."--Container.
Articles
The Rio Hondo College Library
provides online access to full-text articles through our online databases
- http://library.riohondo.edu/online_databases/index.htm. Please note: you must be a Rio Hondo College
student, faculty, staff or board member to use these services.
The 3 sample searches below are from the ProQuest database. Use Advanced Search and type each tern in a separate box:
1.
SUB(police brutality) [from Scholarly Journals only]
2.
SUB(police brutality) AND SUB(law enforcement)
3.
SUB(police brutality) AND GEO(Los Angeles)
Researched and evaluated by:
R. Babou, Librarian 10/2002
last update: K. Bourgaize, Librarian 4/2008