Above the Law : Police and the Excessive Use of Force

Skolnick, Jerome H.; Fyfe, James J.

ISBN 10: 0029291534 / ISBN 13: 9780029291535

Editore: Free Press, 1994

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Riassunto:

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.

Informazioni sull?autore: 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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Titolo: Above the Law : Police and the Excessive Use...
Casa editrice: Free Press
Data di pubblicazione: 1994
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: good
Edizione: seconda edizione