Police use of excessive force in disorganized neighborhoods
By: Zachary R. Hays
Series: Criminal justice : recent scholarship
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: El Paso
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9781593324490
Subjects: Community policing; Police brutality; Neighborhoods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Neighborhoods & police use of force; title: Current explanations of police use of force; title: The influence of neighborhoods on crime; title: Why neighborhood context may influence police behavior; title: Testing a social disorganization theory of police use of force; title: The doubly-victimized residents of disorganized neighborhoods; title: Discussion and conclusions.