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Above the Law Police and the Excessive Use of Force
by Jerome H Skolnick, James J Fyfe
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Free Press (1994-02-07)
ISBN: 0029291534
EAN: 9780029291535
Dewy Decimal #: 300
Paperback: 336 pages
Release Date: 1994-02-07
SKU: S070642-d7097
Condition: New
Comments: New book. New condition. Ships same day or next ina bubble mailer. Enjoy.
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Product Description
The now-famous videotape of the beating of Rodney King precipitated a national outcry against police violence. Skolnick and Fyfe, two of the nation's top experts on law enforcement, use the incident to introduce a revealing historical analysis of such violence and the extent of its survival in law enforcement today.
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Customer Reviews
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Liberal and biased
Rating  (2)
Date: 2004-06-05
2 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful
I've read both of these author's books on the same subject. In most areas, particularly on the use of force and its assessment, these authors use speculation and assumption rather than basing conclusions on facts. Although there are facts and appropriate interviews in the book, they don't always use them in a rational way, or except to further a mostly liberal and pre-oriented opinion. While the need for police supervision is well thought out, the insight doesn't find its way into some of the other misperceptions about the incidents they discuss.
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A good book
Rating  (4)
Date: 1998-11-24
6 out of 16 customers found this reveiw helpful
If you are interested in learning about the brutality of the police force and what can be done to prevent it, I highly recommend this book
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