Title

Listen To Me! Police Officers’ Views Of Appropriate Use Of Force

Keywords

Chemical sprays; Conducted energy devices; Officer attitudes; Police; Use of force

Abstract

Police use of force research has concentrated heavily on officer behavior. Much of what is known from the attitudinal side has tended to focus on officers’ views of excessive force. We currently lack a clear understanding of officers’ beliefs regarding the everyday application of less lethal force. Utilizing survey data collected as part of a national multi-agency use of force project, the current study addresses this empirical void by allowing patrol officers to choose, irrespective of their departmental guidelines, what they believe to be appropriate forms of force in dealing with different levels of non-compliance. Somewhat surprisingly, the findings reveal a natural progression in terms of a use of force continuum, whereby patrol officers are rather conservative in their force options relative to citizen resistance. Based on the survey responses, a model is constructed that depicts an officer-based use of force continuum. © 2011, Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Publication Title

Journal of Crime and Justice

Volume

34

Issue

3

Number of Pages

178-189

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/0735648X.2011.609740

Socpus ID

84902441702 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84902441702

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