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POLICE PERCEPTIONS OF PUBLIC RESPECT AND EXTRA-LEGAL USE OF FORCE - A RECONSIDERATION OF FOLK WISDOM AND PLURALISTIC IGNORANCE

NCJ Number
34241
Journal
Canadian Journal of Sociology Volume: 1 Issue: 3 Dated: (1975) Pages: 313-324
Author(s)
D J KOENIG
Date Published
1975
Length
10 pages
Annotation
RESULTS OF A CANADIAN STUDY REJECTING HYPOTHESES THAT THE POLICE UNDERESTIMATE THEIR PUBLIC IMAGE AND THAT THEY MAKE EXTRA-LEGAL USE OF FORCE TO GAIN RESPECT FROM CITIZENS.

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