Race and police brutality: roots of an urban dilemma

The nature of police brutality -- Social threat and police violence -- Social identity and ingroup bias -- Stereotyping and outgroup bias -- The emotional roots of intergroup relations -- Translating intergroup biases into intergroup aggression -- A social, emotional, and cognitive theory of excessi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Holmes, Malcolm D. (Author)
Contributors: Smith, Brad W.
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Albany, NY State University of New York Press 2008
In:Year: 2008
Online Access: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 9 E 1313
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Keywords:
Minorities > Crimes against > United States
POLICE brutality > United States
Sociology, Urban > United States
USA > Polizei > Menschenrechtsverletzung > Ethnische Beziehungen
United States > Ethnic relations
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Summary:The nature of police brutality -- Social threat and police violence -- Social identity and ingroup bias -- Stereotyping and outgroup bias -- The emotional roots of intergroup relations -- Translating intergroup biases into intergroup aggression -- A social, emotional, and cognitive theory of excessive force -- Can popular policies reduce police brutality? -- Roots of an urban dilemma
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:IX, 186 S.
ISBN:9780791476192
9780791476208