Understanding Police Use of Force : Officers, Suspects, and Reciprocity
Geoffrey P. Alpert
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2004
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (203 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION The Context of Police Use of Force; CHAPTER ONE Police Use of Force; CHAPTER TWO The Crucial Element: Finding Research Sites; CHAPTER THREE Findings from Miami-Dade Police Department Study; CHAPTER FOUR The Sequential Steps in Use-of-Force Incidents in the Miami-Dade Police Department; CHAPTER FIVE Miami-Dade Police Department: Inconsistencies between Officer and Suspect Accounts of the Use of Force; CHAPTER SIX Findings from Prince George's County Police Department; CHAPTER SEVEN Findings and Summary. - CHAPTER EIGHT Explaining Police Use of Force: The Breakdown of an Authority Maintenance RitualAppendix; Index. - This book examines the use of force by police officers. It includes a brief survey of prior research, and then goes on to present important new data and findings. The authors put forward a new conceptual framework, the Authority Maintenance Theory, for examining and assessing police use of force.
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| ISBN | 0521546753. - 0521837731
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