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The first study to compare police violence in the United States with that in Latin America and the Caribbean. Drawing on years of field research, Paul Chevigny investigates torture and the use of deadly force, in addition to less drastic forms of violence, in a broundbreaking examination of police brutality in New York, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, and Kingston, Jamaica.

Produktbeschreibung
The first study to compare police violence in the United States with that in Latin America and the Caribbean. Drawing on years of field research, Paul Chevigny investigates torture and the use of deadly force, in addition to less drastic forms of violence, in a broundbreaking examination of police brutality in New York, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, and Kingston, Jamaica.
Autorenporträt
Paul Chevigny teaches at New York University Law School and is the author of several books on police abuse, including Police Power (1965) and Cops and Rebels (1972). He has also worked on numerous reports for Americas Watch and other human rights organizations.