A product of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), and written by Brian A. Reaves and Matthew J. Hickman, Police Departments in Large Cities, 1990-2000 "describes trends from 1990 to 2000 among local police departments serving US cities with 250,000 or more residents." Equipped with charts and graphs, the report presents statistical data in crime rate and residents served, female and minority...

Chicago's citywide community policing program (CAPS), the largest in the nation, combines officers placed in long-term assignments and trained in problem-solving with numerous opportunities for public involvement and input in community meetings and advisory committees. Unlike similar programs in other cities, CAPS has enjoyed significant citizen involvement, with some of the highest beat meeting...

The Department of Justice has recently released data concerning encounters between the police and the public. Contacts between Police and the Public: Findings from the 1999 National Survey presents data on the nature and characteristics of citizen contacts with the police over a twelve-month period. "Findings are provided from a nationally representative survey of nearly 90,000 residents age 16 or...

Released this week by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), this report is the product of several national and local-level surveys on the use of force by police officers. Offered in six independent but interrelated chapters, the report explores what is and what is not known about the extent and nature of police use of force, the circumstances under which...