Race and police brutality: roots of an urban dilemma
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Main Author: Holmes, Malcolm D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany State University of New York Press c2008
Series:SUNY series in deviance and social control
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Item Description: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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 186 p.)
ISBN:143569550X
9781435695504