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When police killFranklin E. Zimring

When police kill

Franklin E. Zimring
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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…

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3 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2018
    Harvard University Press · 320 pages · 9780674986800
  • Other · English · 2017
    Harvard University Press · 320 pages · 9780674978058
  • Other · English · 2017
    Harvard University Press · 305 pages · 9780674972186
Police shootingsViolence againstPolicePolice administrationPolice-community relationsPolice, united statesNew York Times reviewedSOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology