Justice required : police shootings as legalized violence /

Police hold the only position within the criminal justice system with the discretion to use deadly force on the general public. The decision to shoot a suspect occurs without a court proceeding, without a legal framework to determine guilt or innocence and without an adversarial system. Nearly 1000...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Durán, Robert J. (Author), Loza, Oralia (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2025].
Subjects:	Police shootings > United States. Police brutality > United States. Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States. Racial profiling in law enforcement > United States.

Table of Contents:

The context of police shootings and protest : Denver
Divergent life chances for gettin' shot by the police
Two trigger fingers : an examination of racial and ethnic differences
Types of shootings : problematic, questionable, and less controversial
Law enforcement officers and the pristine fourteen
A public health problem for the United States : places, practices, and policies
Accountability through legislative action, institutional policies, and research.