2010). However, especially in use-of-force cases, it is a controversial facet of police work. Previously, scholars have pointed out the importance of empirical research on factors that influence police officers’ use of force decisions. The present...
Using stop, question, and frisk data from the New York Police Department, this study examines (1) whether racial and ethnic composition influences police use of force, and (2) whether an individual's race/ethnicity interacts with the racial/ethnic composition of a police precinct to produce ...
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This study addresses the perception of the use of force and some differences that exist between males and females within law enforcement. A survey was distributed to five average sized police departments across the United States to survey the perceptions of the men and women in blue. The hypothes...
The use of expert witnesses has somewhat less importance in those jurisdictions. Keywords: police use of force; police defensive tactics; police deadly force; police nondeadly force; police weapons; police search and seizures; Fourth Amendment; Graham v. Connor; Tennessee v. Garner; West v. ...
less physical force The use, effectiveness, and hazards associated with police use of force: the unique case of weaponless physical forceThe use, effectiveness, and hazards associated with police use of force: the unique case of weaponless physical forcePhysical force...
Twopolice officers in Atlantawere fired and three others placed on desk duty over excessive use of force during a protest incident involving two college students Saturday night. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Sunday that she and the police chief made the decision after reviewing body-camera footage...
“Because burglary is a serious and dangerous felony, the public interest in the prevention and detection of the crime is of compelling importance,” O’Connor said. The use of deadly force as a last resort to stop a suspect in a nighttime burglary is not unreasonable under the Constitution,...
Over the past decade, the use of force by the police has become an important public policy concern and topic of social science research. A number of researchers hypothesized about the factors that explain the amount of force used by police officers. Prior research focused almost exclusively on ...
Collecting and using data on police use of force is a complex issue. The process the authors suggest applies the force factor methodology to understanding police use of force relative to suspect resistance in interactive and sequential encounters. Agencies that adopt the force factor approach will le...