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Law Enforcement and Corrections

2003

Theses/Dissertations

Police-community relations -- United States

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Why Do They Resist? Exploring Dynamics Of Police-Citizen Violence During Arrest Encounters, Kimberly Joy Belvedere Jan 2003

Why Do They Resist? Exploring Dynamics Of Police-Citizen Violence During Arrest Encounters, Kimberly Joy Belvedere

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This study seeks to identify a relationship between Rational Choice/Classical thought and resisting arrest among criminal offenders. It seeks also to fill the gap that currently exists with regard to the effects of situational dynamics and police-citizen violence.