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POL AMER 2147 - Law, Politics and Society

This guide provides access to readings and data on: access to justice - liability and tort law - and criminal justice reform.

Center for Policing Equity

Center for Policing Equity
"As a research and action think tank, Center for Policing Equity (CPE) produces analyses identifying and reducing the causes of racial disparities in law enforcement." --- CPE

Think Tank (Policy Group) Reports, Essays, Blogs and Podcasts on Defunding the Police

Full Reports

Majority of Public Favors Giving Civilians the Power to Sue Police Officers for Misconduct. Little Support for Cuts in Spending on Local Policing.
Pew Research Center. July 2020.
Would Law Enforcement Leaders Support Defunding the Police? Probably - if Communities ask Police to Solve Fewer Problems. by Michael J.D. Vermeer
Rand Corporation. August 2020.

Brief Reports

What Does ‘Defund the Police’ Really Mean? by Andrew Berkley and John Letzing
World Economic Forum. June 19, 2020
What Police Spending Data Can (and Cannot) Explain amid Calls to Defund the Police. by Richard Auxler
Urban Institute. June 9, 2020

Essays, Blogs and Podcasts

Americans Don’t Want to #Defund Police, Instead They Agree on Reform. by Emily Ekins
Cato Institute. June 4, 202
Americans Want Peace, Not Portland’s Riots and Perverse Leadership. by Lora Ries
The Heritage Foundation. August 27, 2020.
The End of Empathy. by John H. Cochrane, Niall Feguson, and H.R. McMaster.
Hoover Institute. [Podcast, 53:30]. June 5, 2020
Hate-Love the Police, American Style by Gerard Robinson
American Enterprise Institute. September 8, 2020
Police Reforms to Reduce the Use of Force and Increase Accountability. Demilitarizing the Police, Ending Asset Forfeiture, and Adding Transparency and Accountability are the First Steps in Reforming the Police. by Adrian Moore
Reason Foundation. July 27, 2020
To Add Value to Black Communities, We Must Defund the Police and Prison Systems. by Andre M. Perry, Harshbarger, David, Romer, Carl, and Kristian Thymiano
Brookings Institute. June 11, 2020.
We Don’t Need No Stinking Badges; Left Pushes Labor Leaders to Dump Police Unions. by Sean Higgins
Competitive Enterprise Institute. June 12, 2020
What Does ‘Black Lives Matter’ Believe? by Ben Johnson
Acton Institute. June 19, 2020
What Does ‘Defund the Police’ Mean and Does It Have Merit? by Ray Rashawn
Brookings Institute. June 19, 2020

Additional Think Tank Reports

2017 Police Violence Report.
Mapping Police Violence. 2017
Comparing Police Reform Bills: the Justice in Policing Act and the JUSTICE Act
Congressional Research Service. July 6, 2020

Enough is Enough. A 150 Year Performance Review of the Minneapolis Police Department
MPD150

Freedom to Thrive: Reimagining Safety & Security in Our Communities.
The Center for Popular Democracy. 2017.
How Do People in High-Crime, Low-Income Communities View the Police?
Nancy La Vigne, Jocelyn Fontaine, and Anamika Dwivedi. Urban Institute. February 2017

How Many Americans are Unnecessarily Incarcerated? by Lauren-Brooke Elsen
Brennan Center for Justice. 2016.
Police and Corrections Expenditures.
Urban Institute. Multiple reports from 2016-2020

Policing in America: Understanding Public Attitudes Toward the Police. Results from a National Survey. by Emily Ekins
Cato Institute. December 7, 2016
Roadmap for Re-imagining Public Safety in the United States
Human Rights Watch. August 12, 2020.
The Sentencing Project: Research and Advocacy for Reform. 2019.
The Sentencing Project. Annual Report 2019.
Success-Oriented Funding: Reforming Federal Criminal Justice Grants by Nicole Fortier and Inimati Chettiar
Brennan Center for Justice. 2014