POLICE PERCEPTIONS OF PUBLIC RESPECT AND EXTRA-LEGAL USE OF FORCE - A RECONSIDERATION OF FOLK WISDOM AND PLURALISTIC IGNORANCE

• NCJ Number: 34241
• Journal: Canadian Journal of Sociology Volume: 1 Issue: 3 Dated: (1975) Pages: 313-324
• Author(s): D J KOENIG
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 10 pages
• Corporate Author: University of Alberta
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: Canada

Annotation

RESULTS OF A CANADIAN STUDY REJECTING HYPOTHESES THAT THE POLICE UNDERESTIMATE THEIR PUBLIC IMAGE AND THAT THEY MAKE EXTRA-LEGAL USE OF FORCE TO GAIN RESPECT FROM CITIZENS.