Understanding police use of force : officers, suspects, and reciprocity / Geoffrey P. Alpert, Roger G. Dunham.
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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Full Text (via Cambridge) |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)
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| 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 191 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511265532 0511265530 0511261594 9780511261596 051126402X 9780511264023 051126481X 9780511264818 9780511499449 0511499442 9780521837736 0521837731 1280749571 9781280749575 9786610749577 6610749574 9780521546751 0521546753 1107161800 9781107161801 0511315910 9780511315916 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511499449 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |