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Too Many Missing Cases: Holes in Our Knowledge about Police Use of Force

Fyfe, James J.·2002·Justice Research and Policy
DOI 10.3818/jrp.4.1.2002.87
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This paper argues that one of the primary responsibilities of a democracy is to report accurately on how often its own agents kill or injure its citizens. The United States fails this responsibility: there are available to citizens no systematic or meaningful national data describing the frequency and consequences of police use of force in this country. Instead there exist only some local data provided by unrepresentative police agencies or obtained by the media under court order, and some aggregate data and estimates that cannot be linked with specific agencies. The paper reviews existing data and offers suggestions that would provide both citizens and public officials with a clearer picture of the efforts of their police to minimize use of force.

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Authors
Fyfe, J. J.
Affiliations
John Jay College of Criminal Justice City, University of New York and New York City Police Department
Venue
Justice Research and Policy
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2002-12
Volume
4
Issue
1-2
Pages
87-102
ISSN
  • 1525-1071
  • 1942-8022
DOI
10.3818/jrp.4.1.2002.87
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85
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Language
en
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)

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Fyfe, J. J. (2002). Too Many Missing Cases: Holes in Our Knowledge about Police Use of Force. Justice Research and Policy. https://doi.org/10.3818/jrp.4.1.2002.87