Justice required: police shootings as legalized violence
"Police hold the only position within the criminal justice system with the discretion to use deadly force on the general public. The decision to shoot a suspect occurs without a court proceeding, without a legal framework to determine guilt or innocence, and without an adversarial system. Nearl...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Columbia University Press
[2025]
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| In: | Year: 2025 |
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| Summary: | "Police hold the only position within the criminal justice system with the discretion to use deadly force on the general public. The decision to shoot a suspect occurs without a court proceeding, without a legal framework to determine guilt or innocence, and without an adversarial system. Nearly 1000 officer involved shooting deaths occur each year, disproportionately in minorities communities. When do these shootings occur and what can be done to prevent them? In No Justice, No Peace, Robert J. Durán and Oralia Loza argue that while police shootings are treated as a criminal justice matter, primarily for Black and Latinx people, they should be considered a public health issue that concerns all of society. The book draws on 37 years of data from Denver, CO, a White majority city that demonstrates a pattern of behavior. They investigate why criminal charges are rarely brought in police shooting cases and balance their focus on Denver with data from Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee, in order to demonstrate regional consistency in the Southeast and Southwest United States, where Black and Latinx people are the largest minority populations. The book will contain an appendix that outlines their methods and data, which will help the reader understand the scale of the problem"-- Provided by publisher |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 354 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-20210-7 978-0-231-20211-4 |
