Police use-of-force data: Where we are and where we should be going

Police Quarterly

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-78

  Alpert, Geoffrey P ^a   Smith, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0013204812     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109861119900200103     Document Type: Article

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