Dealing with the authority to use force: reflections of Belgian police officers

Based on 39 interviews with Belgian frontline police officers this article discusses police use of force from the viewpoint of the police officer. Since police officers have a certain amount of discretion, differences can be noticed in how they are dealing with their unique authority to use force. I...

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Autor principal: Noppe, Jannie (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: [2020]
En: Policing and society
Año: 2020, Volumen: 30, Número: 5, Páginas: 502-518
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