Police use of force: A case study of the attitudes of suburban, rural and urban police officers in New Jersey.
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Title
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Police use of force: A case study of the attitudes of suburban, rural and urban police officers in New Jersey.
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Identifier
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AAI3296934
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identifier
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3296934
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Creator
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Barrett, Kevin J.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Maria Maki Haberfeld
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Date
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2008
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Sociology, Criminology and Penology
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Abstract
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In a case study of police officers' attitudes regarding the use of force, Birkbeck's, et al. transnational study using focus groups is replicated and expanded. Their methodology, scenario and analytical model are used and applied to a different purposeful sample of suburban, rural and urban police officers in New Jersey in an attempt to learn whether suburban and rural police officers apply different justification frameworks in use of force situations than their urban counterparts. Most academic research regarding the police has been focused almost exclusively on officers who patrol large urban cities. This study tries to expand the focus of academic research to include non-urban police officers in an attempt to better understand a core issue in policing; the use of force. Twelve different focus groups, four at each of the sites, were analyzed and it appears that there may be a geographic and demographic influence on how the officers respond to the scenario.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
