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And justice for all : understanding and controlling police abuse of force / edited by William A. Geller, Hans Toch.

Title
And justice for all : understanding and controlling police abuse of force / edited by William A. Geller, Hans Toch.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Police Executive Research Forum, c1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Geller, William A.
  • Toch, Hans.
Description
xii, 372 p. : ill.; 28 cm.
Subject
  • Police > United States > Attitudes
  • Police misconduct > United States
  • Police psychology
  • Police training > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-368).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • Introduction / William A. Geller and Hans Toch -- 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, the Friday Crab Club, 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 -- A "procedural justice" perspective on police and citizen satisfaction with investigations of police use of force: finding a common ground of fairness / Wayne A. Kerstetter -- Are law suits an answer to police brutality? / Mary M. Cheh -- Police brutality abroad / David H. Bayley -- Improving our understanding and control of police abuse of force: recommendations for research and action / William A. Geller and Hans Toch.
ISBN
1878734377 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^^94069206^//r96
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library