OFFICER DE-ESCALATION AND USE OF FORCE: HOW POLICE DE-ESCALATE AN OFFICER-CITZEN INTERACTION

The ability to use force by police officers is one of their defining features. Police officers have a monopoly on the legitimate use of coercive force in the United States. A police officer’s decision to use force in an encounter depends on the behavior of both officer and citizen in an officer-citi...

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Main Author: McLaughlin, Conrad
Format: Others
Published: OpenSIUC 2019
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Online Access:https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/2622
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3637&context=theses