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Title Police violence : understanding and controlling police abuse of force / edited by William A. Geller, Hans Toch
Published New Haven, Conn. ; London, England : Yale University Press, 1 June 2005
©1996

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 MELB  363.232 Gel/Pvu  AVAILABLE
Description x, 379 pages ; 23 cm
Contents A theory of excessive force and its control / Carl B. Klockars -- The 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 -- The violence-prone police officer / Hans Toch -- Public opinion about police abuse of force / Timothy J. Flanagan and Michael S. Vaughn -- The 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
Notes Date of publication from bookseller's website
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-368) and index
Subject Police misconduct -- United States
Police psychology -- United States
Police training -- United States
Police -- United States -- Attitudes
Police -- Attitudes.
Police misconduct.
Police psychology.
Police training.
Police misconduct -- United States.
Police psychology -- United States.
Police training -- United States.
Police -- United States -- Attitudes.
United States.
Author Geller, William A., editor
Toch, Hans, editor
ISBN 0300107471
9780300107470