Police use of excessive force in disorganized neighborhoods / Zachary R. Hays.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hays, Zachary R., 1980-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police brutality--United States.

Police brutality.

Community policing--United States.

Community policing.

Neighborhoods--United States.

Neighborhoods.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hays examines how residents of socially disorganized neighborhoods become the victims of both criminals and rogue police officers. Following from theories of social disorganization and collective efficacy, Hays proposes a new theory for predicting police use of force. He argues that as neighborhood poverty, racial/ethnic differences, and residential mobility increase, it becomes more difficult for residents to know each other, to trust each other, and to help each other defend their neighborhoods from criminals and from rogue police officers. Using data from the Project on Human Development in

Contents:

CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1. Neighborhoods & Police Use of Force; CHAPTER 2. Current Explanations of Police Use of Force; CHAPTER 3. The Influence of Neighborhoods on Crime; CHAPTER 4. Why Neighborhood Context May Influence Police Behavior; CHAPTER 5. Testing a Social Disorganization Theory of Police Use of Force; CHAPTER 6. The Dpubly-Victimized Residents of Disorganized Neighborhoods; CHAPTER 7. Discussion and Conclusions; APPENDIX; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781593326692

1593326696

OCLC:

818818930