Policing through subsidized firepower: an assessment of rational choice and minority threat explanations of police participation in the 1033 program

There is a popular belief that the use of military equipment can improve police efforts at social control. Recent protests and riots across the country, however, have piqued public concern about racial disparities in law enforcement and the acquisition and use of military equipment by police in the...

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Authors: Ramcy, David (Author) ; Steidly, Trent (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: Criminology
Year: 2018, Volume: 56, Issue: 4, Pages: 812-856
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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