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

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Description 1 online resource (x, 191 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cambridge studies in criminology
Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Arrest (Police methods)
Arrest (Police methods)
Restraint of prisoners -- United States.
Restraint of prisoners.
United States.
Police brutality -- United States.
Police brutality.
Police discretion -- United States.
Police discretion.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Alpert, Geoffrey P.
Dunham, Roger G.
Other Form: Print version: Understanding police use of force. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004 0521837731 9780521837736 (DLC) 2003063883 (OCoLC)53919237
ISBN 9780511265532 (electronic book)
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9780521837736 (hardback)
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0521837731 (Cloth)
0521546753 (Paper)
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