Resources

Emerging Issues in American Policing is a quarterly digest intended for police-practitioners and community members that presents innovations in the field of policing from the leading academic journals and research publications. The April 2019 issue includes “Mental Health Calls in a Rural Police Department,” “Racial Disparities in Nashville’s Traffic Stops,” “Crisis Intervention Team Training for Youth and Officer Awareness,” and more.

For most of its history, the United States excluded people of color from its main pathways of opportunity and upward mobility, causing deep inequities across many aspects of life. But we can imagine a more equitable future in which structural racism—the policies, programs, and institutional practices that generated inequitable outcomes—and its consequences are remedied. Pages 19-24 give recommendations around policing policy to address this issue of structural racism.

A report that details biased police practices and their effects on communities. It also provides a set of best practices implemented across the country that can be used to challenge counties and local municipalities into adopting reforms.

The Field Scan served several goals: first, to review where Connecticut stands in its efforts to end mass incarceration; second, to understand how the Connecticut criminal justice field perceived progress in our state comparatively to states across the nation; third, increase understanding of the range of groups, coalitions, and networks currently working to end mass incarceration in Connecticut . Finally, to bring together a wide range of voices.

Reports by Million Hoodies on the policing and jailing of LA residents with attention to race, gender, school policing, and the policing of the houseless.

A report by JusticeLA, Center for Popular Democracy, and Law 4 Black Lives on policing and punishment budgets in LA county and recommendations for change.

A report with toolkit aspects and recommendations that address the need for a philanthropic framework to guide a comprehensive response to the crisis of criminalization, as well as outlining key funding strategies for the field.

A toolkit on budget analysis and prioritizing for community safety and invest/divest campaigns.

An interactive map to explore legislation on criminal justice reform in each state, including policing.