When police kill / Franklin E. Zimring.
When police kill / Franklin E. Zimring.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
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G 2017/5972
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part I. The character and causes of police killings ; The double transformation of police killings in America ; Killings by police : the numbers game ; Who dies, where and why? ; Only in America? : police killings in other modern nations ; The problem of police safety ; Trends over time in killings...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2017.
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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?...
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When police kill / Franklin E. Zimring.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-294) and index.
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G 2017/5972
Record Identifier
74VKVgy7Q0JX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVgy7Q0JX
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ISBN
067497218X (alk. paper)
9780674972186 (alk. paper)
DDC
363.232
MMS ID
991024148685702626
