RT Article
T1 Demystifying China’s police tactical units
JF International journal of law, crime and justice
VO 73
A1 Liu, Lu
A2 Chen, Li
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1869892135
AB Police tactical units are the elite law enforcement teams tasked with handling the most dangerous and confrontational missions within the police force. However, little is known about who these officers are, how they are recruited, and how they perceive their role as an instrument of violence. Based on ethnographic observation and 23 semi-structured field interviews, this study reveals key features of the Chinese police tactical units by conducting sociological and psychological inquiries into the identities of these officers and how they deal with moral conflicts under overlapping social identities both as ruthless enforcers of the law and as members of society.
K1 Chinese policing
K1 Moral beliefs
K1 Police tactical unit
K1 Police use of force
DO 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2023.100595