Controlling use of force: Identifying police use of excessive force through analysis of administrative records

Policing (Oxford)

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 123-134

  Atherley, Loren T ^a   Hickman, Matthew J ^b  

^a Northwest Justice Solutions   (United States)

^b SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84945133990     PISSN: 17524512     EISSN: 17524520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/police/pau003     Document Type: Article

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