Police misconduct in America a reference handbook
Title:
Police misconduct in America a reference handbook
Author:
Champion, Dean J.
ISBN:
9781576075388
9781280720017
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2001.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 236 p.)
Series:
ABC-CLIO contemporary world issues series
Contemporary world issues.
Contents:
History of Police Misconduct -- Police Misconduct Defined -- Ancient Origins of Police Misconduct -- The Importance of Studying Police Misconduct -- Issues and Controversies -- Selected Constitutional Issues and Police Behavior -- Police Understanding of the Law -- Types of Violent Police Misconduct -- Types of Nonviolent Misconduct -- Perjury and Dropsy Testimony -- Violent Misconduct and Deadly Force -- Detecting and Controlling Police Misconduct -- Significant Eras -- Policing Timeline -- U.S. Supreme Court Cases -- Agencies and Organizations.
Abstract:
"Police Misconduct in America assesses the history of police excesses from 1900 to the present."
Genre:
Electronic Access:
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