Alexis Gendron and Kathleen L. McGinn | Harvard Business Review, December 1, 2000 | Article
This Harvard Business School case study explains the complex relationship-building process that was the 'Boston Miracle' through the perspective of a community leader. A study in relational power and the management of systemic change.
Amy Cuddy | Little, Brown and Company, 2015 | Book
My good friend Amy brings cutting-edge science and story together to explore how we can personally endure, stand and even thrive and succeed in challenging and complex situations.
Anthony A. Braga and Christopher Winship | in Police Innovation, David Weisburd and Anthony A. Braga (Editors)
Cambridge University Press, 2006 | Article
Dr. Anthony Braga and Dr. Christopher Winship's chapter, 'Partnership, Accountability and Innovation' in the book Police Innovations: Contrasting Perspectives clarifies the important partnering role community leaders have in violence reduction strategies, and expands on the 'network of capacity' idea that is often missing or lacking in earlier attempts to replicate the successes of the Boston model.
Rod K. Brunson et al. | Justice Quarterly, December 18, 2013 | Article
This is an insightful study outlining the challenges and ways forward in building closer relationships between police and communities of color, and how the work of both groups can enhance each other in addressing inner-city youth violence.
Sue Rahr and Stephen K. Rice | Harvard's Kennedy School of Government's Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety, April 20, 2015 | Article
Gathering some of the most innovative and thoughtful academics, government and police professionals, this session was a watershed in providing a framework for 21st-century policing. The quote from the link page sums it up nicely: 'The authors offer concrete ideas and outline a specific example of transforming the organizational culture of a police academy from a military 'boot camp' model designed to ensure strict compliance with rules and orders, to a culture based on developing critical-thinking leaders and institutionalizing procedurally just values toward the mindset of a leader as a guardian.'
Tracey L. Meares with Peter Neyroud | Harvard's Kennedy School of Government's Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety, February 9, 2015 | Article
This is a great paper from one of the foremost experts on police legitimacy and procedural justice. Meares introduces a new way of evaluating law enforcement response and effectiveness that leads to a more fruitful understanding of the interaction between citizen and police. This is critical in light of 2014-2015 events in the US, from Ferguson, Missouri to Baltimore, Maryland.
