Police use of force
Subtitle: a global perspective
By: edited by Joseph B. Kuhns and Johannes Knutsson ; foreword by David H. Bayley.
Contributors: Kuhns, Joseph B.; Knutsson, Johannes, 1947-
Series: Global crime and justice
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Barbara
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780313363269; 9780313363276
Subjects: Police -- Attitudes; Police brutality; Police misconduct
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Non-lethal force by police in the United States : the various lenses through which appropriateness is examined / William Terrill and Eugene Paoline; title: The use of force by police in Poland / Emil Plywaczewski and Izabela Nowicka; title: Police and the use of force in Hong Kong / Kam Wong; title: Officer safety and public safety : training the police to use force in the United Kingdom / John W. Buttle; title: Physical and psychological force in criminal and military interrogations in the United States / Mark Costanzo and Allison Redlich; title: Police "encounters" in Mumbai, India / Jyoti Belur; title: Mano dura : fighting crime, violence and insecurity with an iron fist in Central America / Marie-Louise Glebbeek; title: Systematic police violence in Brazil / Martha K. Huggins; title: Police use of guns in unarmed countries : the United Kingdom / P.A.J. Waddington and Martin Wright; title: Police use of guns in a routinely unarmed police force : regulations and practice in Norway / Tor-Geir Myhrer and Jon Strype; title: Police use of firearms in Sweden / Johannes Knutsson; title: Police use of firearms in the Nordic countries : a comparison / Johannes Knutsson and Annika Norée; title: Police use of firearms in China : an overview of a regulatory framework / Kam Wong; title: Deadly force in the United States / Gregory Morrison; title: An exploration of police use of firearms in Australia / David Baker; title: The consequences of using deadly force in the United States / David Klinger; title: Pepper spray : practice, policy and research in the Netherlands / Robert J. Kaminski and Otto Adang; title: Police use of the TASER in the United States : research, controversies and recommendations / Michael White and Justin Ready; title: Currently available less-than-lethal alternatives and emerging technologies for the future in the United States / Diana L. Summers and Joseph B. Kuhns; title: Conclusion: a journey through the world of police use of force in the United States / Edward R. Maguire.