Understanding Police Use of Force : Officers, Suspects, and Reciprocity

Acknowledgments ix Introduction: The Context of Police Use of Force 1(16) 1. Police Use of Force: The History of Research 17(37) 2. The Crucial Element: Finding Research Sites 54(11) 3. Findings from Miami-Dade Police Department Study 65(22) 4. The Sequential Steps in Use-of-Force Incidents in the Miami-Dade Police Department 87(37) 5. Miami-Dade Police Department: Inconsistencies between Officer and Suspect Accounts of the Use of Force 124(11) 6. Findings from Prince George's County Police Department 135(20) 7. Findings and Summary 155(15) 8. Explaining Police Use of Force: The Breakdown of an Authority Maintenance Ritual 170(18) Appendix: Frequencies of Force Sequences for First through Tenth Actions 188(1) Index 189