POLICE POWER (FROM CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA - A CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING, 1974 BY RICHARD QUINNEY - SEE NCJ-42275)

• NCJ Number: 42277
• Author(s): P CHEVIGNY
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: Little, Brown and Co
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS CHAPTER DESCRIBES INCIDENTS OF THE ABUSE OF POLICE POWER IN THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MAKES A BROAD ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF POLICE IN A FREE SOCIETY, PATTERNS OF POLICE ABUSE, AND THE URGENCY OF THE PROBLEM.

Abstract

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