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- The Cambridge Handbook of Policing in the United States
- The Cambridge Handbook of Policing in the United States
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The View From the Streets
- Part II Do We Need Public Police?
- Part III The Law of Policing
- 8 Justifying Police Practices: The Example of Arrests
- 9 Police Interrogation and Suspect Confessions
- 10 How Fear Shapes Policing in the US
- 11 The Futile Fourth Amendment: Understanding Police Excessive Force Doctrine Through an Empirical Assessment of Graham v. Connor
- 12 The Problematic Prosecution of an Asian American Police Officer: Notes from a Participant in People v. Peter Liang
- Part IV Police Force and Police Violence
- Part V Discrimination
- Part VI Technology
- Part VII Reform
- Index
11 - The Futile Fourth Amendment: Understanding Police Excessive Force Doctrine Through an Empirical Assessment of Graham v. Connor
from Part III - The Law of Policing
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2019
- The Cambridge Handbook of Policing in the United States
- The Cambridge Handbook of Policing in the United States
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The View From the Streets
- Part II Do We Need Public Police?
- Part III The Law of Policing
- 8 Justifying Police Practices: The Example of Arrests
- 9 Police Interrogation and Suspect Confessions
- 10 How Fear Shapes Policing in the US
- 11 The Futile Fourth Amendment: Understanding Police Excessive Force Doctrine Through an Empirical Assessment of Graham v. Connor
- 12 The Problematic Prosecution of an Asian American Police Officer: Notes from a Participant in People v. Peter Liang
- Part IV Police Force and Police Violence
- Part V Discrimination
- Part VI Technology
- Part VII Reform
- Index
Summary
Recent social movements, such as Black Lives Matter, have forced racialized police violence into public view. While an entrenched problem for communities of color, police officers’ use of excessive force that maims or kills people of color briefly became visible in the media and public discourse due to protest and public mourning.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Policing in the United States , pp. 218 - 238Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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