Police use of deadly force: Research and reform
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Justice Quarterly
- Vol. 5 (2) , 165-205
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07418828800089691
Abstract
Police use of deadly force first became a major public issue in the 1960s, when many urban riots were precipitated immediately by police killings of citizens. Since that time scholars have studied deadly force extensively, police practitioners have made significant reforms in their policies and practices regarding deadly force, and the United States Supreme Court has voided a centuries-old legal principle that authorized police in about one-half the states to use deadly force to apprehend unarmed, nonviolent, fleeing felony suspects. This essay reviews and interprets these developments.Keywords
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