Criminology Explains Police Violence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stinson, Philip Matthew, Author.

Series:

Criminology Explains ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police brutality--United States.

Police brutality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 pages).

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Criminology Explains Police Violence offers a concise and targeted overview of criminological theory applied to the phenomenon of police violence. In this engaging and accessible book, Philip M. Stinson, Sr. highlights the similarities and differences among criminological theories, and provides linkages across explanatory levels and across time and geography to explain police violence. This book is appropriate as a resource in criminology, policing, and criminal justice special topic courses, as well as a variety of violence and police courses such as policing, policing administration, police-community relations, police misconduct, and violence in society. Stinson uses examples from his own research to explore police violence, acknowledging the difficulty in studying the topic because violence is often seen as a normal part of policing.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Introduction: Police Violence

1. Understanding Police Violence

2. Deterrence, Rational Choice, Victimization, and Lifestyle Theories

3. Individual-Level Theories

4. Social Structure Theories

5. Social Process Theories

6. Societal Conflict and Legitimacy Theories

7. Integrationist Perspectives

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

9780520971639

0520971639

OCLC:

1134075459