When police use force : context, method, outcomes /

New technology has offered the public the opportunity to witness police use of force far more frequently than in the past-and has brought into sharp focus a number of big questions. Where does police power to use force come from? How have the federal courts ruled on the subject? What sort of guideli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boylstein, Craig, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2018.
Temas:
Police brutality > United States.
Police administration > United States.
Social contract.
Brutalités policières > États-Unis.
Contrat social.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Police administration.
Police brutality.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Defining police use of force
  • The federal courts and police use of force
  • Measuring police use of force
  • Do police treat different groups differently?
  • Current controversies in police use of force
  • Demanding justice
  • Policing as social control
  • Appendix 1: Statistical tables
  • Appendix 2: Statistical tables
  • References.

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