The reasonably unreasonable police officer a paradox in police civil liability jurisprudence

Policing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 449-469

  Worrall, John L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case law; Legislation; Liability; Police; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843053403     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510110409566     Document Type: Article

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