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Author Skolnick, Jerome H.

Title Above the law : police and the excessive use of force / Jerome H. Skolnick, James J. Fyfe.

Imprint New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, 1994, c1993.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  363.22 Sk53a 1994    ---  Available
Edition 1st Free Press paperback ed.
Description xviii, 313 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-299) and index.
Contents The beating of Rodney King -- Vigilante justice -- The third degree -- Public order policing -- The culture of the police -- Cops as soldiers -- Beyond accountability -- Police administrative reform -- Police accountability I: the courts -- Police accountability II: the public -- Renewing the police.
Subject Police -- Complaints against -- United States.
Tort liability of police -- United States.
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department.
Violence -- United States.
Police administration -- United States.
Added Author Fyfe, James J.
ISBN 0029291534
9780029291535
Standard No. YDXCP 11630

 
    
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