Justice Required - Police Shootings As Legalized Violence

A groundbreaking quantitative and qualitative investigation of police violence, Justice Required argues that while police shootings are typically treated as a criminal justice issue, they should be understood as a public health problem.

About the author

Robert J. Durán is an associate professor of sociology at Texas A&M University. He is the author of The Gang Paradox: Inequalities and Miracles on the U.S.-Mexico Border (2018) and Gang Life in Two Cities: An Insider's Journey (2013), both published by Columbia University Press.

Oralia Loza is a professor of public health and interdisciplinary health sciences in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Texas, El Paso. Their research focuses on drug use, sexual risk, barriers to care, and sexual and gender minorities on the US-Mexico border.

Product details

• Authors: Robert J. (Assistant Professor) Loza Duran, Robert J. Durán, Oralia Loza
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.10.2025
• EAN: 9780231202114
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20211-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, Social Science, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Social discrimination & inequality, United States of America, USA, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Police and security services, Social discrimination and social justice