Understanding Police Use of Force Paperback: Officers, Suspects, and Reciprocity (Cambridge Studies in Criminology) - Softcover

Alpert, Geoffrey P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521546753 ISBN 13: 9780521546751

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

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 data and findings. The authors put forward a conceptual framework, the Authority Maintenance Theory, for examining and assessing police use of force.

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'This book is a valuable resource. The contents could well be useful for officers, instructors and policy makers as well as academics ...'. British Journal of Sociology

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This book, first published in 2004, examines the use of force by police officers. It includes a brief survey of prior research, and then goes on to present important data and findings. The authors put forward a conceptual framework, the Authority Maintenance Theory, for examining and assessing police use of force.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0521546753
• ISBN 13: 9780521546751
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 202