Above the Law: Police and the Excessive Use of Force - Couverture souple

Fyfe, Skolnick

 
9780029291535: Above the Law: Police and the Excessive Use of Force

Synopsis

The now-famous videotape of the beating of Rodney King precipitated a national outcry against police violence. Skolnick and Fyfe, two of the nation's top experts on law enforcement, use the incident to introduce a revealing historical analysis of such violence and the extent of its survival in law enforcement today.

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À propos de l?auteur

Jerome Skolnick is Clare Clements Dean’s Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkely. He is the author of The Politics of Protest and co-author of The New Blue Line.

James Fyfe is Professor of Criminal Justice at Temple University. He was a member of the New York City Police Department for sixteen years as patrolman, sergeant, and lieutenant, and also taught at the Police Academy.  

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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780029293126: Above the Law: Police and the Excessive Use of Force

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  002929312X ISBN 13 :  9780029293126
Editeur : The Free Press, 1993
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