Summary: | Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I: The Character and Causes of Police Killings -- 1. The Double Transformation of Police Killings in America -- 2. Killings by Police: The Numbers Game -- 3. Who Dies, Where, and Why? -- 4. Only in America? Police Killings in Other Modern Nations -- 5. The Problem of Police Safety -- 6. Trends over Time in Killings of and by Police in the United States -- 7. Public Costs and Consequences -- Part II: Prevention and Control of Police Killings -- 8. The Missing Links: Reporting, Documentation, and Evaluation in a Federal System -- 9. Mission Impossible? The Limits and Potential of Criminal Law in Police Violence -- 10. Cops and Cameras -- 11. The Heart of the Matter: Governance and Training for Local Policing -- 12. American Possibilities, American Limits -- Appendix 1: Elements of a National Reporting System with Required Information and Contacts for Police Shootings and Injury Reports from Departments of Police -- Appendix 2: Notes on Killings of and by the Police in Canada -- Appendix 3: The Guardian Six-Month Sample -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index
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