Police use of force: Assessing the impact of time and space

Policing and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 322-335

  Crawford, Charles ^a   Burns, Ronald ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrest context; Force continuum; Police and space; Police violence; Suspect characteristics; Use of force; Violent police encounter

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044880274     PISSN: 10439463     EISSN: 14772728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10439460802292926     Document Type: Article

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