Police use of force: Tales from another city

Journal of Crime and Justice

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 205-220

  Klahm, Charles F ^a   Frank, James ^b   Brown, Robert A ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discretion; Hierarchical generalized linear modeling; Police decision making; Systematic social observation; Use of force

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927556327     PISSN: 0735648X     EISSN: 21589119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.2011.609735     Document Type: Article

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