Police violence in America, 1869-1920 : 256 incidents involving death or injury /

Police violence in America, 1869-1920 : 256 incidents involving death or injury /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Segrave, Kerry, 1944- author.
Imprint:Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
©2016
Description:1 online resource (v, 240 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Police brutality -- United States -- History.
Serial murders -- United States -- History.
Murder -- United States -- History.
Police misconduct -- United States.
Police psychology -- United States.
Police -- United States -- Attitudes.
Serial murders.
Police brutality.
Murder.
Police -- Attitudes.
Police misconduct.
Police psychology.
United States.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13540039
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ISBN:9781476624488
1476624488
9781476664835
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-232) and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 16, 2016).
Summary:"Police violence is not a new phenomenon. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, police officers in America assaulted or killed many ordinary citizens. Based on newspaper accounts from 1869 through 1920, this history provides a chronological listing of interactions between police and unarmed citizens in which the citizens--some of them minors--were assaulted or killed"--
Other form:Print version: Segrave, Kerry. Police Violence in America, 1869-1920 : 256 Incidents Involving Death or Injury. Jefferson NC : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, ©2016 9781476664835

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