The L.A.P.D. Scandal. A detailed account appears in Lou Cannon, "One Bad Cop," New York Times Magazine (October 1, 2000): 32-37, 62-66.
Crime Scene Profiling. A good source of information on this topic is Robert J. Homant and Daniel B. Kennedy, "Psychological Aspects of Crime Scene Profiling," Criminal Justice and Behavior 25 (September 1998): 319-343.
Human Rights and Police Abuses. See: Human Rights Watch, Shielded from Justice: Police Brutality and Accountability in the United States (Washington, D.C.: Human Rights Watch, 1998). See also: Ralph Crawshaw, Barry Devlin and Tom Williamson, Human Rights and Policing—Standards for Good Behaviour and a Strategy for Change (The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 1998).
The V.I.P.D. Scandal. A spread supplement to the Virgin Islands Daily News dated December 30, 2003 provides all the details. See: Lee Williams, "Deadly Force," Virgin Islands Daily News, December 30, 2003, pp. 1-44; Virgin Islands Daily News, January 15, 2004, pp. 1-7; see also the newspaper's Web site at http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com.
Police Violence. Some of the more interesting items on this topic include: Geoffrey P. Alpert, Roger G. Dunham, Alfred Blumstein and David Farrington, Understanding Police Use of Force: Officers, Suspects, and Reciprocity (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004); Juan Antonio Juarez, Brotherhood of Corruption: A Cop Breaks the Silence on Police Abuse, Brutality, and Racial Profiling (Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2004); Howard Rahtz, Understanding Police Use of Force (Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press, 2003); Tom Barker and David Carter, "Fluffing Up the Evidence and Covering Your Ass: Some Conceptual Notes on Police Lying," Deviant Behavior 11 (1990): 61-73; Craig Horowitz, "Show of Force," New York Magazine (September 22, 1997) 29-37; Jerome Skolnick and James Fyfe, Above the Law: Police and the Excessive Use of Force (New York: Free Press, 1993); Jill Nelson,ed., Police Brutality (New York: Norton, 2000).
Police Corruption. One of the more classic works on corruption is Herman Goldstein's Police Corruption: A Perspective on Its Nature and Control (Washington, DC: The Police Foundation, 1975). See also several articles in Crime and Justice International 20 (May/June 2004); Ronald K. Noble, "Interpol's Contribution to the World's Anti-Terrorism Fight: Its Role and Activities in a Changing World Environment," 4- 6; Stanley E. Morris, "Interpol 1-2417," 7-8; and "Interpol's Global Standards to Combat Police Corruption," 20-22. An excellent collection of essays on the topic of police corruption was recently published as well: Matthew J. Hickman, Alex R. Piquero, and Jack R, Greene, eds., Police Integrity and Ethics (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Group, 2004).
Attitudes Toward Local Police. The material discussed in Exhibit 9.3 can be found in Steven K. Smith, Greg W. Steadman, Todd D. Minton, and Meg Townsend, Criminal Victimization and Perceptions of Community Safety in 12 Cities (Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics, May 1999). This entire report can be found on the World Wide Web http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cvpcs98.htm.
