The abuse of police authority
Subtitle: a national study of police officers' attitudes
Publisher: Police Foundation
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Police; Attitudes; Supervision of; Complaints against; Police brutality; Police-community relations; Community policing
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-196).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: I Introduction; title: II Methodology; title: III Characteristics of the Sample; title: IV Main Survey Results; title: Abuse of Authority and the Use of Force; title: Code of Silence; title: Social Factors; title: Departmental Response; title: Controlling Abuse; title: Community-Oriented Policing; title: Subgroup Analysis; title: Race; title: Rank: Supervisors and Nonsupervisors; title: Region; title: Agency Size; title: Gender; title: V Conclusion; title: Appendices,; title: A. The Survey Instrument with Responses; title: B. Report on Focus Group of Police Scholars and Executives; title: C. Report on Focus Group of Rank-and-File Police Officers; title: D. Report on Focus Group of Police Supervisors.