Above the Law: Police and the Excessive Use of Force - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Free PressISBN-13:9780029291535ISBN-10:29291534UPC:9780029291535Book Category:Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Criminology, Law Enforcement, Race & Ethnic RelationsSize:9.00 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC7GPYVHR6
The now-famous videotape of the beating of Rodney King precipitated a national outcry against police violence. Skolnick and Fyfe, two of the nation's top experts on law enforcement, use the incident to introduce a revealing historical analysis of such violence and the extent of its survival in law enforcement today.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Free PressISBN-13:9780029291535ISBN-10:29291534UPC:9780029291535Book Category:Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Criminology, Law Enforcement, Race & Ethnic RelationsSize:9.00 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC7GPYVHR6
Jerome Skolnick is Clare Clements Dean's Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkely. He is the author of The Politics of Protest and co-author of The New Blue Line. James Fyfe is Professor of Criminal Justice at Temple University. He was a member of the New York City Police Department for sixteen years as patrolman, sergeant, and lieutenant, and also taught at the Police Academy.
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