POLICE USE OF FORCE: OFFICIAL REPORTS, CITIZEN COMPLAINTS, AND LEGAL CONSEQUENCES VOLUMES I AND II

• NCJ Number: 146825
• Author(s): A M Pate; L A Fridell; E E Hamilton
• Date Published: 1993
• Length: 404 pages
• Grant Number(s): 91-IJ-CX-0028
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ); US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Police Foundation
• Sale Source: Police Foundation; National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This report presents a review of existing literature on the use of force by police, describes the methods by which a national survey was conducted of law enforcement agencies, presents the key issues addressed by the survey, and discusses the research and policy implications of the results. Data set archived by the NIJ Data Resources Program at the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, located at URL http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/nacjd.

Abstract

A total of 1,111 law enforcement agencies completed an extensive questionnaire designed to address issues pertaining to police use of force. The information gathered is presented in this document in the following chapters: (1) What is Known, What Needs to be Learned; (2) Methods; (3) Survey Results; and (4) Summary. Volume II has appendixes, figures, tables, references