Above the Law

Police and the Excessive Use of Force

By: Skolnick Fyfe

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Paperback | 19 April 1994 | Edition Number 1

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The now-famous videotape of the beating of Rodney King precipitated a national outcry against police violence. Skolnick and Fyfe, two of the nation''s top experts on law enforcement, use the incident to introduce a revealing historical analysis of such violence and the extent of its survival in law enforcement today.

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Acknowledgments	p. vii
Whatever Happened to Dragnet?	p. xi
The Beating of Rodney King	p. 1
Occasions
Vigilante Justice	p. 23
The Third Degree	p. 43
Public Order Policing	p. 67
Explanations
The Culture of the Police	p. 89
Cops as Soldiers	p. 113
Beyond Accountability	p. 134
Remedies
Police Administrative Reform	p. 172
Police Accountability I: The Courts	p. 193
Police Accountability II: The Public	p. 217
Renewing the Police	p. 237
Notes	p. 267
Index	p. 301
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