Race and police brutality roots of an urban dilemma - Holmes, Malcolm D. (State University of New York Press, 2008)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-179) and index
The nature of police brutality -- Social threat and police violence -- Social identity and ingroup bias -- Stereotyping and outgroup bias -- The emotional roots of intergroup relations -- Translating intergroup biases into intergroup aggression -- A social, emotional, and cognitive theory of excessive force -- Can popular policies reduce police brutality? -- Roots of an urban dilemma
Keywords: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Law Enforcement; Ethnic relations; Minorities / Crimes against; Police brutality; Sociology, Urban; Minderheit; Police brutality -- United States; Sociology, Urban -- United States; Minorities -- Crimes against -- United States; Polizei; Gewalt; Nationale Minderheit; USA