When police kill

by Zimring, Franklin E.

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Title Statements

Full title :When police kill / Franklin E. Zimring.

Summary

When Police Kill is the first comprehensive analysis of police use of lethal force in the United States. The first seven chapters of this volume provide a summary and analysis of the known facts about killings by police. Who dies from police gunfire? What circumstances provoke police to shoot? Why is the death rate from shootings by police so high? Why are civilian deaths from police attacks so much higher in the United States than in other developed nations? Why are police also so much more at risk of death by assault than police in other nations? The final five chapters of the book provide an account of how federal, state and local governments can reduce killings by police without risking the lives of police officers. There are many strategies that federal and state government can use to motivate changes by police chiefs and sheriffs, but local law enforcement agencies are the main arena for reducing the carnage from police violence in the United States....

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Harvard University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Physical Object

Description:305 pages.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780674972186, 067497218X
oclc:ocn982123246
LC Classification:HV8031
Dewey Decimal:363.2/32

Subjects

Gewaltmonopol Police -- Usage des armes -- États-Unis Police -- Violence against Police -- Violence against -- United St… Police administration Police administration -- United States Police shootings Police shootings -- United States Police-community relations Police-community relations -- United St… Policiers -- Violence envers -- États-U… Polizei Relations police-collectivité -- États-… Staat Tötung United States USA