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Attitudes of Police toward Violence
Psychological Reports, 1985A questionnaire on attitudes toward violence by police was administered to 25 police trainees, 53 on-duty police officers, and a control group of 48 firemen. The two samples of police reported similar disapproval of violence by police, while the firemen were significantly more approving.
S L, Brodsky, G D, Williamson
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2018
Abstract The ability of the police to assert social control and reproduce social order depends, crucially, on the capacity to use force to achieve these ends—whether when restraining someone attempting to self-harm or shooting dead an armed terrorist.
Jenna Milani +2 more
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Abstract The ability of the police to assert social control and reproduce social order depends, crucially, on the capacity to use force to achieve these ends—whether when restraining someone attempting to self-harm or shooting dead an armed terrorist.
Jenna Milani +2 more
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Family Violence and Police Utilization
Violence and Victims, 1994This study examines the utilization of police service for domestic incidents. Contrary to the popular image of serious violence perpetrated upon a spouse, the data show that most calls involve less serious incidents that are almost as likely to involve cohabitants as married couples.
I W, Hutchison +2 more
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Police violence is the pandemic
2023Widespread outrage at police violence, fatal shootings, and deaths in police custody created the current international protest movements and calls to Defund the Police. However, as shown in previous chapters, there is a long history to protests against police violence, and there are multiple movements to change policing globally which draw on localised
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Representative Policing and Violence Towards the Police
Policing, 2014Conflict theories suggest that groups lacking access to the political process, such as racial minorities, may resort to violence to achieve their goals and protest against injustice perpetuated by the state. Given their visibility, police officers may be particularly vulnerable to striking out by politically excluded groups; however, no research of ...
K. Barrick, M. J. Hickman, K. J. Strom
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American Journal of Sociology, 1953
A case-study of a municipal police force in the United States suggests that the illegal use of violence by the police is a consequence of their occupational experience and that the policeman's colleague group sanctions such usage. Policemen see this use of violence as morally acceptable and legitimate it in terms of ends defined by the colleague group ...
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A case-study of a municipal police force in the United States suggests that the illegal use of violence by the police is a consequence of their occupational experience and that the policeman's colleague group sanctions such usage. Policemen see this use of violence as morally acceptable and legitimate it in terms of ends defined by the colleague group ...
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Theoretical Criminology, 2010
Newspaper coverage of police-perpetrated homicides may reflect and promote public and official tolerance for police violence. Interpretive content analysis was performed on 105 news articles appearing in 23 major daily newspapers between 1997 and 2000 that center on incidents of deadly force.
Paul J. Hirschfield, Daniella Simon
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Newspaper coverage of police-perpetrated homicides may reflect and promote public and official tolerance for police violence. Interpretive content analysis was performed on 105 news articles appearing in 23 major daily newspapers between 1997 and 2000 that center on incidents of deadly force.
Paul J. Hirschfield, Daniella Simon
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2021
Police violence leads to worse educational outcomes and youth mental health in the immediate vicinity of incidents.
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Police violence leads to worse educational outcomes and youth mental health in the immediate vicinity of incidents.
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2003
Egon Bittner defines the role of the police as “a mechanism for the distribution of nonnegotiably coercive force employed in accordance with the dictates of an intuitive grasp of situational exigencies” (Bittner, 1970/1990:131).1 This definition should be read in conjunction with Max Weber’s dictum that the State is defined by its monopoly on the use ...
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Egon Bittner defines the role of the police as “a mechanism for the distribution of nonnegotiably coercive force employed in accordance with the dictates of an intuitive grasp of situational exigencies” (Bittner, 1970/1990:131).1 This definition should be read in conjunction with Max Weber’s dictum that the State is defined by its monopoly on the use ...
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2023
Abstract This book makes the case that increasing the effectiveness of the police in gun-violence prevention is both possible and essential. It is essential because in many cities, gun violence is the most pressing crime problem, making cities less liveable and negatively affecting economic development.
Anthony A. Braga, Philip J. Cook
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Abstract This book makes the case that increasing the effectiveness of the police in gun-violence prevention is both possible and essential. It is essential because in many cities, gun violence is the most pressing crime problem, making cities less liveable and negatively affecting economic development.
Anthony A. Braga, Philip J. Cook
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