Police shootings and citizen behavior / James P. McElvain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McElvain, James P., 1964-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police shootings--United States.

Police shootings.

Police training--United States.

Police training.

Police-community relations--United States.

Police-community relations.

Criminal investigation--United States.

Criminal investigation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

McElvain explores police shootings from a fresh perspective. Combining the theories of routine activities and social disinhibition, McElvain uses citizen behaviors (i.e., alcohol and/or drug intoxication, and prior arrests for violent criminal conduct) as contributory factors to officer-involved shootings. Prior research generally focused on officer characteristics to explain police use of deadly force. McElvain also considers the role of the citizen. When citizen intoxication and prior violent criminal activity are considered along with officer characteristics--gender, race, and age--the offi

Contents:

Police deadly force

Understanding police use of force

Research preceding strict limitations

Research following strict limitations

One department and its shootings

Alcohol, drugs, violent crimes, and police shootings

Examination of police shootings

Explaining police shootings

Discussion and implications.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-213) and index.

ISBN:

1-59332-429-4

OCLC:

535713536