Too Many Missing Cases: Holes in Our Knowledge about Police Use of Force

Autor:	James J. Fyfe
Rok vydání:	2002
Předmět:	business.industry Political science media_common.quotation_subject Court order Aggregate data Public relations business National data Democracy Use of force media_common
Zdroj:	Justice Research and Policy. 4:87-102
ISSN:	1942-8022 1525-1071
Popis:	This paper argues that one of the primary responsibilities of a democracy is to report accurately on how often its own agents kill or injure its citizens. The United States fails this responsibility: there are available to citizens no systematic or meaningful national data describing the frequency and consequences of police use of force in this country. Instead there exist only some local data provided by unrepresentative police agencies or obtained by the media under court order, and some aggregate data and estimates that cannot be linked with specific agencies. The paper reviews existing data and offers suggestions that would provide both citizens and public officials with a clearer picture of the efforts of their police to minimize use of force.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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