Above the Law Police and the Excessive Use of Force
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Author(s)Jerome H Skolnick, James J Fyfe
PublisherFree Press
ISBN / ASIN0029291534
ISBN-139780029291535
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank350,125
CategorySocial Science
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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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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