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Title Police violence : understanding and controlling police abuse of force / edited by William A. Geller, Hans Toch.

Imprint New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, c1996.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  363.23 P758v 1996    ---  Available
Description x, 379 p. ; 25 cm.
Note Rev. ed. of: And justice for all. 1995.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-368) and index.
Contents Theory of excessive force and its control / Carl B. Klockars -- Causes of police brutality : theory and evidence on police use of force / Robert E. Worden -- Measuring the prevalence of police abuse of force / Kenneth Adams -- Violence-prone police officer / Hans Toch -- Public opinion about police abuse of force / Timothy J. Flanagan and Michael S. Vaughn -- Color of law and the issue of color : race and the abuse of police power / Hubert G. Locke -- Officer selection and the prevention of abuse of force / J. Douglas Grant and Joan Grant -- Training to reduce police-civilian violence / James J. Fyfe -- Officer attitudes toward police use of force / David Lester -- Police unions, police culture, and police use of force / George L. Kelling and Robert B. Kliesmet -- Administrative review of alleged police brutality / Douglas W. Perez and William Ker Muir -- Toward justice for all : procedural justice and the review of citizen complaints / Wayne A. Kerstetter -- Are lawsuits an answer to police brutality? / Mary M. Cheh -- Police brutality abroad / David H. Bayley -- Understanding and controlling police abuse of force / William A. Geller and Hans Toch.
Subject Police misconduct.
Police psychology.
Police training.
Police -- Attitudes.
Added Author Geller, William A.
Toch, Hans.
Added Title And justice for all.
ISBN 0300064292 (alk. paper)

 
    
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