A Management Tool for Evaluating Police Use of Force: An Application of the Force Factor

Police Quarterly

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 150-171

  Terrill, William ^a   Alpert, Geoffrey P ^b   Dunham, Roger G ^c   Smith, Michael R ^d  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

citizen resistance; excessive force; force continuum; police force; resistance force comparative scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993734197     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611103006002002     Document Type: Article

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