Essays Tagged: "excessive force"

Police Brutality

aining as L.A.P.D. officers," said officer Stacey Koon whowas one of four officers accused of using excessive force against Rodney King.{Brutality in Los Angles 7 } Koon along with fellow officers Tim ... to the body by the officers.{Brutality in Los Angles7} The officers were found not guilty of using excessive forceagainst Rodney King. This sparked a week long riot in Los Angles. There was looting a ...

(3 pages) 275 1 2.4 Mar/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Police Brutality

liceIV. ConclusionA. Reword ThesisPolice work is dangerous. Sometimes police put in situations that excessive force is needed. But, because some officers use these extreme measures in situations when ... ese extreme measures in situations when it is not, police brutality should be addressed. The use of excessive force may or may not be large problem, but it should be looked into by both the police and ...

(3 pages) 202 0 3.7 Dec/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Title: Police Abuse. The essay includes the definition of "police abuse", the causes, examples of police abuse, relationship with racial profiling, suggestions of solutions about the problem.

Police AbuseAn officer who uses more force than policy allows is said to have used excessive force and may be guilty of police brutality, the excessive and lawless use of police force ... een as a thin blue line of protection between criminals and law-abiding citizens, but when they use excessive force, they cross the line and become criminals. Police brutality damages the image of law ...

(5 pages) 562 4 3.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Police Brutality

Police BrutalityPolice work is dangerous. Sometimes police put in situations thatexcessive force is needed. But, because some officers use these extrememeasures in situations when i ... these extrememeasures in situations when it is not, police brutality should be addressed.The use of excessive force may or may not be large problem, but it should belooked into by both the police and ... oth the police and the public.For those people who feel racism is not a factor in causing the use ofexcessive force, here is a startling fact. In Tampa Bay, Florida, five men diedwhile in the custody ...

(2 pages) 90 2 3.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Repetetive Strain Injury (RSI)

the arms, wrists, shoulders, back and neck. It's caused by repeated motions, extremes of motion and excessive force, which over time, strains the soft tissue. When the soft tissue is strained, after a ...

(2 pages) 24 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots

r two minutes. The four LAPD officers were charged with assault with a deadly weapon and the use of excessive force, but were acquitted by a white jury. Thousands of people responded to the verdict wi ... ficers that tried to arrest him, the beating that Holliday recorded on tape did show officers using excessive force. Holliday gave his tape to KTLA, a Los Angeles TV station, which showed the tape in ...

(11 pages) 96 0 4.3 May/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

"What we know about the Police use of force"

An officer who uses more force than policy allows is said to have used excessive force. Police officers are often seen as a thin blue line of protection between criminals ... een as a thin blue line of protection between criminals and law-abiding citizens, but when they use excessive force, they cross the line and become criminals. Police use of force damages the image of ...

(2 pages) 53 1 0.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Smacking children should be banned - debate in NZ

o give a light smack for disciplinary purposes, but the issue is what's reasonable force and what's excessive force? There is no solid justification, and can be considered a ‘loophole’ in th ...

(4 pages) 54 6 3.0 Aug/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters > Child Abuse

Is Excessive Use of Force a Systemic Problem?

4). These individual behavioral and personality differences are only one part of the explanation of excessive force. The other part, deals with the structural organizational practices of the police de ... nts in which officers work. Police officers are injuring and even killing people through the use of excessive force and brutal treatment. A significant problem in this area is that police behavior is ...

(3 pages) 62 0 0.0 Aug/2008

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Correctional Subculture

al control over the incarcerated. Moreover, he has the full range of coercive control over inmates; excessive force, loss of liberty, and his power may be defiant; taught through his subculture (other ...

(2 pages) 52 1 4.3 May/2009

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Police bruality essay for college class i guess

nt of criminals. Often, the officer may restrain a potentially dangerous citizen, and be accused of excessive force. Overall, this results in not only a mark against the institution of law enforcement ... the officer specifically, but also in a lack of action in the future enforcements. Does the use of excessive force serve as purpose in reducing and controlling crime? How is the public affected by po ...

(5 pages) 0 0 0.0 Jun/2013

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law