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Title:

Police brutality : opposing viewpoints / Helen Cothran, book editor.

Publisher:

Greenhaven Press,

Copyright Date:

c2001

Description:

154 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Police brutality--United States.
Discrimination in law enforcement--United States.
Police--Complaints against--United States.
Police-community relations--United States.

Other Authors:

Cothran, Helen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-148) and index.

Contents:

Police brutality is a serious problem / Human Rights Watch -- The extent of police brutality is exaggerated / Arch Puddington -- Police corruption is widespread / Joseph D. McNamara -- The extent of police corruption is exaggerated / Sunil Dutta -- The FBI is brutal and corrupt / Phyllis Schlafly -- Charges against the FBI are exaggerated / Oliver "Buck" Revell -- Racism causes police brutality / Salim Muwakkil -- The police are not racist / Michael Levin -- Ineffective training on handling the mentally ill causes police brutality / Los Angeles Times -- A lack of female officers causes police brutality / Tracy Fitzsimmons -- Assertive policing leads to police misconduct / Clarence Page -- Assertive policing reduces crime / Mona Charen -- Community policing does not prevent police brutality / Revolutionary Worker -- Community policing reduces crime / Edmund F. McGarrell -- Racial profiling is unjust / Bob Herbert -- Race is an important consideration to reduce crime / Jackson Toby -- Civilian oversight reduces police brutality / Nation -- Civilian oversight does not prevent police brutality / Ken Boettcher -- Codes of silence prevent effective oversight / Jack E. White -- The police code of silence is exaggerated / James Lardner.

Series:

Opposing viewpoints series

ISBN:

9780737705157 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0737705159 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780737705164 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
0737705167 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

00032996

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