Skolnick Fyfe

Above the Law (eBook, ePUB)

Police and the Excessive Use of Force

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The now-famous videotape of the beating of Rodney King precipitated a national outcry against police violence. Skolnick and Fyfe, two of the nation's top experts on law enforcement, use the incident to introduce a revealing historical analysis of such violence and the extent of its survival in law enforcement today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439118641
• Artikelnr.: 49188041

Autorenporträt

Jerome Skolnick is Clare Clements Dean's Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkely. He is the author of The Politics of Protest and co-author of The New Blue Line. James Fyfe is Professor of Criminal Justice at Temple University. He was a member of the New York City Police Department for sixteen years as patrolman, sergeant, and lieutenant, and also taught at the Police Academy.