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Police training and excessive force / Pete Schauer, book editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Current controversiesPublisher: New York : Greenhaven Publishing, 2018Copyright date: �2018Edition: First editionDescription: 174 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781534502376
  • 1534502378
  • 9781534502437
  • 1534502432
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 363.2/32 23
LOC classification:
  • HV7923 .P65 2018
Contents:
Introduction -- Is excessive force as common as we think it is? -- Is excessive force ever justified? -- Is excessive force a bigger problem now? -- Do we need to change the way we train police? -- Organizations to contact -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: How rough is too rough? Rodney King is an unfamiliar name for those growing up today, but the ongoing conversation concerning police brutality is one they know all-too well. This collection deep-dives into police training procedure, what constitutes excessive force, and what happens when the community disagrees with the police and the justice system. Relevant topics covered in this balanced anthology include the 1992 L.A. riots and the 2014 outcry in Ferguson, MO, as well as the choking death of Eric Garner in Staten Island, NY.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Karen H. Huntsman Library Main Book Collection - Second Level 363.232 P7586 2018 1 Available 38060007475437
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Is excessive force as common as we think it is? -- Is excessive force ever justified? -- Is excessive force a bigger problem now? -- Do we need to change the way we train police? -- Organizations to contact -- Bibliography -- Index.

How rough is too rough? Rodney King is an unfamiliar name for those growing up today, but the ongoing conversation concerning police brutality is one they know all-too well. This collection deep-dives into police training procedure, what constitutes excessive force, and what happens when the community disagrees with the police and the justice system. Relevant topics covered in this balanced anthology include the 1992 L.A. riots and the 2014 outcry in Ferguson, MO, as well as the choking death of Eric Garner in Staten Island, NY.

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