TY - BOOK AU - Alpert,Geoffrey P. AU - Dunham,Roger G. TI - Understanding police use of force: officers, suspects, and reciprocity T2 - Cambridge studies in criminology SN - 9780511265532 AV - HV8080.A6 U53 2004eb U1 - 363.2/32 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Arrest (Police methods) KW - Restraint of prisoners KW - United States KW - Police brutality KW - Police discretion KW - Force nécessaire (Arrestation) KW - États-Unis KW - Prisonniers KW - Immobilisation KW - Brutalités policières KW - Pouvoir discrétionnaire de la police KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Political Freedom & Security KW - Law Enforcement KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : the context of police use of force -- Police use of force : the history of research -- The crucial element : finding research sites -- Findings from Miami-Dade Police Department study -- The sequential steps in use-of-force incidents in the Miami-Dade Police Department -- Miami-Dade Police Department : inconsistencies between officer and suspect accounts of the use of force -- Findings from Prince George's County Police Department -- Findings and summary -- Explaining police use of force : the breakdown of an authority maintenance ritual N2 - This book examines the use of force by police officers. It includes a brief survey of prior research, and then goes on to present important new data and findings. The authors put forward a new conceptual framework, the Authority Maintenance Theory, for examining and assessing police use of force UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=181788 ER -