RT Article
T1 Police violence occasioning citizen complaint. An empirical analysis of time-space dynamics
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 40
IS 3
SP 480
OP 496
A1 Phillips, Tim
A2 Smith, Philip
LA English
YR 2000
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1640124519
AB Violent, but non-lethal, encounters between police and civilians are an important yet neglected social problem. Even more neglected are the spatial and temporal dynamics of these events. The paper draws on Giddens's structuration theory to operationalize these variables and test their explanatory power. A multivariate analysis of data derived from citizen complaints files shows that time-space variables are important predictors of the use of major physical force by police against civilians. An explanation for this result is developed using Giddens's concept of practical consciousness. The findings of the paper suggest a need to redirect criminological and policing research towards the exploration of time-space environments
K1 Polizeigewalt
K1 England/Wales
DO 10.1093/bjc/40.3.480