POST3904 Policing

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- Policing in context (ch. 6)
- Contemporary police practice (ch. 10)
- Police Integrity Management in Australia : Global Lessons for Combating Police Misconduct (search within book for oversight)
- Police Corruption : Preventing Misconduct and Maintaining Integrity (ch.10)
- Civilian Oversight of Police: Advancing Accountability in Law Enforcement
- Australian Policing: Critical Issues in 21st Century Police Practice (ch. 6-7)
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- Policing the Police: Independent Investigations for Victoria
- Police Liability for Negligent Investigations
- Police accountability in Australia: complaint mechanisms and civil litigation

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Australian Policing : Critical Issues in 21st Century Police Practice (ch. 7 & 11)
Contemporary police practice
Policing in context
Crime criminality and criminal justice (see ch.14 & 15)
Crime & Justice: A Guide to Criminology (ch. 16)
Perilous Policing : Criminal Justice in Marginalized Communities
Police Use of Force : A Global Perspective
Police Use of Excessive Force in Disorganized Neighborhoods : A Social Disorganization Perspective
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- Do police need guns

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Office of Police Integrity 2009, Review of the use of force by and against Victorian police, OPI, Melbourne.

These are news articles and could be used as extra articles (they are not academic). They provide contemporary examples. Published by The Conversation.

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- Global Impunity: How Police Laws & Policies in the World's Wealthiest Countries Fail International Human Rights Standards
- Unchecked Power: Police Killings of Racial Minorities and the Mentally Ill
- Reducing police use of force: Case studies and prospects
- Identity, legitimacy and “making sense” of police use of force
- Social interaction training to reduce police use of force
- The hidden advantage in shoot/don't shoot simulation exercises for police recruit training
- An introduction in 3 parts: Anthropological perspectives on the shooting of Kumanjayi Walker
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