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SWAT madness and the militarization of the American police : a national dilemma / Jim Fisher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fisher, Jim (A. James)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police brutality--United States.
- Police brutality.
- United States.
- Police--United States.
- Police.
- Law enforcement--United States.
- Law enforcement.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 290 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, [2010]
- Contents:
- Strong-arming groups : guilt by association raids
- Boots in the house : broken-door raids
- Stomping on sin : prostitution, pornography, and gambling raids
- Part time warriors : small town SWAT
- Legal pot : the war on medical marijuana
- Collateral damage : nonfatal wrong-house drug raids
- Unjustifiable homicide : avoidable drug-raid fatalities
- Negligent homicide : fatal wrong-house raids
- Officer down : no excuses, no defenses
- Conclusion : no easy solution.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780313391910
- 0313391912
- 9780313391927
- 0313391920
- OCLC:
- 606787563
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