Race and Police Brutality
Roots of an Urban Dilemma
Disputes standard explanations of police brutality against minority citizens to offer new insights and suggestions on dealing with this problem.What causes police brutality, and why are minority citizens the primary victims? Social scientists often attribute the behavior to poorly managed police departments, bad cops, or the interests of the powerful in controlling minorities perceived as criminal threats. Malcolm D. Holmes and Brad W. Smith contend that these explanations fail to identify key causes of police misconduct, particularly the use of excessive force. Focusing on the interaction of ordinary social-psychological processes and the di…
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Weitere Autoren: Smith, Brad W.
- ISBN: 978-0-7914-7752-6
- EAN: 9780791477526
- Produktnummer: 35072057
- Verlag: State University of New York Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 196 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 910 KB
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