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Understanding police use of force : officers, suspects, and reciprocity / Geoffrey P. Alpert, Roger G. Dunham.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (x, 191 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780511265532
  • 0511265530
  • 0511261594
  • 9780511261596
  • 051126402X
  • 9780511264023
  • 051126481X
  • 9780511264818
  • 9780511499449
  • 0511499442
  • 9780521837736
  • 0521837731
  • 1280749571
  • 9781280749575
  • 9786610749577
  • 6610749574
  • 9780521546751
  • 0521546753
  • 1107161800
  • 9781107161801
  • 0511315910
  • 9780511315916
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Understanding police use of force.DDC classification:
  • 363.2/32 22
LOC classification:
  • HV8080.A6 U53 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

Print version record.

English.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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