Understanding Police Use of Force

Officers, Suspects, and Reciprocity

Bibliographic Data

ID23398805
AuthorsGeoffrey P Alpert (University of South Carolina), Roger G Dunham (University of Miami)
Year2004
Publication date2004-08-09
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueUnderstanding Police Use of Force (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511499449
OpenAlexW590120055
Open LibraryOL34441376M
ISBN9780511499449
LanguageEN
Citations received115
References cited28

Whenever police officers come into contact with citizens there is a chance that the encounter will digress to one in which force is used on a suspect. Fortunately, most police activities do not involve the use of force. But those that do reflect important patterns of interaction between the officer and the citizen. This book examines those patterns. It begins with a brief survey of prior research, and then goes on to present data and findings. Among the data are the force factor applied - that is, the level of force used relative to suspect resistance - and data on the sequential order of incidents of force. The authors also examine police use of force from the suspect's perspective. In analyzing this data they put forward a conceptual framework, the Authority Maintenance Theory, for examining and assessing police use of force.

Criminology · Deadly force · Officer · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology) · Suspect · Use of force · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies · Engineering · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology · Social Psychology · Arrest (police methods) · Police · Police brutality · Police discretion · Police, complaints against · Prisoners · Restraint of prisoners · united states

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