The force factor : measuring police use of force relative to suspect resistance / Geoffrey P. Alpert and Roger G. Dunham.

This study focused on the level of force used by police officers relative to the amount of suspect resistance, referred to as the force factor. Data were obtained from police departments in Miami, Florida, and Eugene, Oregon. In the Miami data set, the level of suspect resistance was assessed accord...

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Uniform Title:Police research and evaluation.
Main Author: Alpert, Geoffrey P.
Corporate Author: Police Executive Research Forum
Other Authors: Dunham, Roger G.
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Police Executive Research Forum, [1997], ©1997.
Series:Police research and evaluation.
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MSU: Copy printed from online PDF.
Physical Description:24 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Format: Book

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