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Understanding police use of force : officers, suspects, and reciprocity / Geoffrey P. Alpert, Roger G. Dunham.
Van Pelt Library HV8080.A6 U53 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in criminology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arrest (Police methods)--United States.
- Arrest (Police methods).
- Restraint of prisoners--United States.
- Restraint of prisoners.
- Police brutality--United States.
- Police brutality.
- United States.
- Police discretion--United States.
- Police discretion.
- Physical Description:
- x, 191 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- Contents:
- 1. Police Use of Force: The History of Research 17
- 2. The Crucial Element: Finding Research Sites 54
- 3. Findings from Miami-Dade Police Department Study 65
- 4. The Sequential Steps in Use-of-Force Incidents in the Miami-Dade Police Department 87
- 5. Miami-Dade Police Department: Inconsistencies between Officer and Suspect Accounts of the Use of Force 124
- 6. Findings from Prince George's County Police Department 135
- 7. Findings and Summary 155
- 8. Explaining Police Use of Force: The Breakdown of an Authority Maintenance Ritual 170
- Appendix Frequencies of Force Sequences for First through Tenth Actions 188.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521837731
- 0521546753
- OCLC:
- 53919237
- Online:
- Publisher description
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