METHODS OF HANDLING COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE POLICE - AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

• NCJ Number: 68877
• Author(s): E D COLLINS
• Date Published: 1979
• Length: 32 pages
• Corporate Author: Council of Planning Librarians Bibliographies
• Sale Source: Council of Planning Librarians Bibliographies
• Publication Type: Bibliography
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: CPL (COUNCIL OF PLANNING LIBRARIANS) BIBLIOGRAPHY N 19

Annotation

MATTERS OF POLICE CONDUCT, RESPONSIBILITY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY ARE COVERED IN THIS INTERNATIONAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, WHICH INCLUDES MATERIALS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1972 AND 1979.

Abstract

ADDRESSED ESPECIALLY TO AN AUDIENCE OF PROCEDURE PLANNERS AND GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL, THIS BRIEFLY ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTAINS A COMPLETE SELECTION OF IMPORTANT LITERATURE FOCUSING ON METHODS OF DEALING WITH COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE POLICE, WHICH, ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, ARE INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS SERVING THE LARGER PURPOSE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY. DIVIDED INTO TWO MAIN SECTIONS (LITERATURE DEALING WITH THE REVIEW ITSELF AND PERSPECTIVES ON POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY), THE BIBLIOGRAPHY HAS SUBSECTIONS DEALING WITH THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: GENERAL DISCUSSION OF REVIEW; INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL REVIEW COMPARED; COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE POLICE FROM AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE; POLICE AND SOCIAL CONTROL; ADMINISTRATIVE RULE-MAKING AND INTERNAL REFORM; POLICE USE OF DEADLY FORCE; POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS, AND COMMUNITY CONTROL. A DIRECTORY OF PUBLISHERS IS APPENDED.