The politics of force : media and the construction of police brutality / Regina G. Lawrence.

Lawrence extensively analyzes more than 500 incidents of police use-of-force covered by the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times from 1981 to 1991. The incidents include but are not limited to those defined as "police brutality". Lawrence reveals the structural and cultural forces that...

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Main Author: Lawrence, Regina G., 1961-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000.
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