Alok Prasanna Kumar, Who Will Bell the Cop? Police Reforms and Law Enforcement, Economic & Political Weekly (2016)

The article argues for the necessity of bringing about social reformation inorder to effectively curb acts of violence by the police. The instinctive reaction to any social problem is to criminalise it or increase the severity of the existing punishment. Despite the dire need for police reforms in India, none have been brought about for a long time. State governments were lethargic in implementing the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court in Prakash Singh and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. (2006).