Police use of force: Detectives in an urban police department

Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 213-229

  Bazley, Thomas D ^a,b   Lersch, Kim Michelle ^a   Mieczkowski, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of South Florida ^*

Author keywords

Detectives; Force factor; Patrol officers; Subject resistance; Use of force

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749627332     PISSN: 07340168     EISSN: 15563839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734016806292764     Document Type: Article

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