Unarmed and Dangerous
Title | Unarmed and Dangerous PDF eBook |
Author | Jon Shane |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 91 |
Release | 2018-07-17 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0429813007 |
There is tremendous controversy across the United States (and beyond) when a police officer uses deadly force against an unarmed citizen, but often the conversation is devoid of contextual details. These details matter greatly as a matter of law and organizational legitimacy. In this short book, authors Jon Shane and Zoë Swenson offer a comprehensive analysis of the first study to use publicly available data to reveal the context in which an officer used deadly force against an unarmed citizen. Although any police shooting, even a justified shooting, is not a desired outcome—often termed "lawful but awful" in policing circles—it is not necessarily a crime. The results of this study lend support to the notion that being unarmed does not mean "not dangerous," in some ways explaining why most police officers are not indicted when such a shooting occurs. The study’s findings show that when police officers used deadly force during an encounter with an unarmed citizen, the officer or a third person was facing imminent threat of death or serious injury in the vast majority of situations. Moreover, when police officers used force, their actions were almost always consistent with the accepted legal and policy principles that govern law enforcement in the overwhelming proportion of encounters (as measured by indictments). Noting the dearth of official data on the context of police shooting fatalities, Shane and Swenson call for the U.S. government to compile comprehensive data so researchers and practitioners can learn from deadly force encounters and improve practices. They further recommend that future research on police shootings should examine the patterns and micro-interactions between the officer, citizen, and environment in relation to the prevailing law. The unique data and analysis in this book will inform discussions of police use of force for researchers, policymakers, and students involved in criminal justice, public policy, and policing.
Remo Unarmed and Dangerous
Title | Remo Unarmed and Dangerous PDF eBook |
Author | Warren Murphy |
Publisher | Sphere |
Pages | 253 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780708831373 |
Dangerous Games
Title | Dangerous Games PDF eBook |
Author | James Wise |
Publisher | Naval Institute Press |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2010-04-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1612514529 |
The Cold War was only cold in that the major powers, the U.S. and the Soviet Union, did not engage in a nuclear war. But during that period (1945-1991) there were wars, spying, shoot downs of numerous reconnaissance aircraft, captures of U.S. military personnel, murders, defections, a space race with men put in orbit and an eventual moon landing. Dangerous Games: Faces, Incidents and Casualties of the Cold War is a return to that era. This book contains many unknown and long-since forgotten stories of that period. With the resurgence of Russia, and its aggressive handling of the Georgian situation, Eastern European countries have become increasingly alarmed that Russia is attempting to recreate a sphere of influence over satellite states of the former Soviet Union. To add to the mounting tension with the West, Russia in its attempt to become a world power once again, has already begun to show its flag in the Western Hemisphere. Considering that we may be facing a second Cold War, this book is a timely reminder of some notable incidents from the intense political period following the end of the Second World War.
Hadaka-Jime
Title | Hadaka-Jime PDF eBook |
Author | Moshe Feldenkrais |
Publisher | |
Pages | 88 |
Release | 2009-07-01 |
Genre | Martial arts |
ISBN | 9781884605253 |
Unarmed Forces
Title | Unarmed Forces PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Evangelista |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 420 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780801487842 |
Throughout the Cold War, people from both East and West, among them prominent scienstists and physicians, formed networks to promote antinuclear ideas. This book examines the influence of these networks.
The Unarmed Truth
Title | The Unarmed Truth PDF eBook |
Author | John Dodson |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2013-12-03 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1476727554 |
"The story the ATF doesn't want you to know"--Dust jacket.
Grandfather Anonymous
Title | Grandfather Anonymous PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony W. Eichenlaub |
Publisher | Oak Leaf Books LLC |
Pages | 378 |
Release | 2021-07-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
Elderly, unarmed, and extremely dangerous. Ajay Andersen was the best hacker the NSA had ever hired. He sank corporations, toppled governments, and broke cryptography. All of it. Retirement hasn't slowed him down one bit, thank you very much. His granddaughters are threatened, and he's going to need to step it up a notch. Biotech corporations and criminal enterprises hold the keys to survival, but ubiquitous surveillance threatens to reveal Ajay’s every move. Ajay would do anything to protect his family, but the more he digs, the more he dredges up the shadows of his own dangerous past. He only needs to know one thing: What makes his granddaughters so darn dangerous?