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POLICE POWER (FROM CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA - A CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING, 1974 BY RICHARD QUINNEY - SEE NCJ-42275)

NCJ Number
42277
Author(s)
P CHEVIGNY
Date Published
1974
Length
14 pages
Annotation
THIS CHAPTER DESCRIBES INCIDENTS OF THE ABUSE OF POLICE POWER IN THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MAKES A BROAD ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF POLICE IN A FREE SOCIETY, PATTERNS OF POLICE ABUSE, AND THE URGENCY OF THE PROBLEM.
Abstract
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