The author interviewed residents of the South Side Chicago about their perception of misconduct in the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and their responses to it. The paper suggests that police misconduct is a problem of urban governance that can be solved by decentralizing the CPD.

The paper defines "system avoidance" as a phenomenon where people who've had contact with the criminal justice system avoid contact with any other institution that keeps formal records. It demonstrates that policing in low-income minority communities is expansive and invasive and that residents try to avoid it.

The authors interviewed young people in St. Louis about their experiences with local police. They found that instead of going to the police department with complaints about officers, residents strategically avoided contact with law enforcement.

In the book, the author discusses how individuals respond to the decline of an organizations they belong to. They either abandon the organization (exit), urge the organization to change course (voice), or remain in the organization and hope it will improve (loyalty).

The author gives a snapshot of the political development of Chicago's black community in the immediate aftermath of the 1919 race riots. Part of that development was the incorporation of black citizens into the CPD and the struggles black police officers faced.

The author retraces the history of Chicago policing from the race riots of 1919 through the rise of the Black Power movement in the early seventies. He emphasizes the political nature of the Chicago Police Department and it's weaponization against the city's black community.

The panel's report includes testimony from residents, police officers, and policing experts testifying about misconduct in the CPD and problems with remedying it. The panel's concerns and recommendations, like a new, more independent agency to police the police, wouldn't stick out in today's conversation about police reform.

The book talks about race riots in American cities by doing six case studies from America's three largest cities. I was mostly interested in her analysis of the Red Summer of 1919, which had a big role in the fate of black people in Chicago.

The author talks about how victims of CPD don't have a lot of say in the complaint process because after they file, their complaints can be re-framed or amended without their knowledge or consent. This not only makes the complaint process worse for them, but less effective for CPD.

The Department of Justice launched an investigation of CPD and the Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA) in the aftermath of the Laquan McDonald shooting. They found that a lack of training and officer accountability was contributing to rampant officer misconduct with little being done to prevent or address it.

This report outlines No Cop Academy's concerns about the construction of a multi-million-dollar police academy on the West Side. Their campaign proposes that police accountability is a better solution to misconduct than police training.

This paper used data from several police departments to find out whether police were using more physical force against Black citizens because they lived in high-crime areas. Instead, it found that officers were using force against Black people more often and more severely than arrest rates could justify.

An analysis of the police as a face of American governance. The authors look at the history and focus on their role in creating and defining race in the United States.

The author took a survey of police departments around the country and found that, when police officers are sued for misconduct, the city covers the cost for them (i.e. the police officers are indemnified). This looks like a big problem for anyone who wants these lawsuits to scare cops out of committing misconduct in the future.

This study found that, in the days after two incidents where a Black suspect shot a New York police officer, officers of the New York Police Department used more physical force when they stopped Black residents. Those findings are scary, and give me an idea of how the culture in a police department can lead to police misconduct.

Some work on the reparations paid to survivors of torture by the Chicago Police Department under Commander Jon Burge. It oulines the history of is a more extreme example of police misconduct, but an important one.