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FORCE, ARREST, AND COVER CHARGES (FROM POLICE IN AMERICA, 1975, BY JEROME H SKOLNICK AND THOMAS C GRAY - SEE NCJ-19813)

NCJ Number
19820
Author(s)
P CHEVIGNY
Date Published
1975
Length
7 pages
Annotation
A DISCUSSION OF POLICE-INITIATED VIOLENCE AND THE ILLEGAL POLICE PRACTICE IN SEVERAL CITIES OF PRESSING CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST CITIZENS THEY HAVE ABUSED IN ORDER TO COVER UP AND RATIONALIZE THIS ABUSE.