Making News of Police Violence - A Comparative Study of Toronto and New York City

Although many people consider excessive police violence disconcerting, if, when, and how they voice their opinion or respond by taking some sort of action has generally remained empirically unknown. In the hope of understanding this process, Ross has developed a four-stage model, based on a review of the literature and on interviews with the relevant actors. He then uses this tool to analyze police violence that occurred in Toronto, Canada and New York City, over a fifteen-year period. To better focus the study, he uses in-depth case studies of three well-publicized cases of police violence from each city, matched on important criteria.

This study addresses a difficult, timely, and important topic for victims, for police personnel, and for society. Ross concludes that, in general, most individuals do not respond to police use of excessive force; further, if and when they do usually depends on the context of the violence. Using both quantitative and qualitative methods, Ross's model integrates a variety of approaches to improve our understanding of how communities come to define and control the use of force by police, including literature on the role of media efforts and their impact upon police violence. The work concludes with an analysis of the reasons why people react so infrequently to incidents of excessive force.

Sommario

Preface
Foreword
What Is Public Police Violence?
A Political Process Model of Public Police Violence
The Politics and Control of Police Violence in Toronto
The Politics and Control of Police Violence in New York City
Beyond Apathy
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

Jeffrey Ian Ross, PhD, is professor in the School of Criminal Justice and a fellow of the Center for International and Comparative Law at the University of Baltimore.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jeffrey Ross, Ross Jeffrey Ian
• Editore: Praeger
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.08.2000
• EAN: 9780275968250
• ISBN: 978-0-275-96825-0
• Pagine: 192
• Dimensioni: 161 mm x 240 mm x 15 mm
• Peso: 458 g
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto penale, diritto processuale penale, criminologia; New York, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Ontario, Crime, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Canadian, Police & security services, Violence in society, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Violence and abuse in society, Police and security services