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Police use of force : important issues facing the police and the communities they serve / edited by Michael J. Palmiotto Wichita State University School of Community Affairs Wichita, Kansas, USA.

Contributor(s): Publisher: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group 2017Description: xv, 196 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781498732147
Uniform titles:
  • Police use of force (CRC Press)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.2/32 23
LOC classification:
  • HV8141 .P59353 2017
Contents:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Use of force throughout history / Michael J. Palmiotto -- 2. Police use of force / Michael J. Palmiotto -- 3. Use of deadly force / Michael J. Palmiotto -- 4. Nonlethal weapons and technology / Szde Yu -- 5. Militarization of the police / Laurence Armand French -- 6. Racial profiling : the intersection of race and policing / Michael L. Birzer -- 7. Understanding the law of police use of force to arrest / Alison Brown -- 8. Psychological and social factors in the use of force / Jodie Beeson -- 9. Police violence, public response : the public gets what it tolerates / Carolyn Speer Schmidt -- 10. Prevention and training / Vladimir A. Sergevnin and Darrell L. Ross -- 11. Conclusion / Michael J. Palmiotto.

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