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Who are the Complaint-prone Officers?: An Examination of the Relationship between Police Officers' Attributes, Arrest Activity, Assignment, and Citizens' Complaints about Excessive Force
Journal of Criminal Justice
  • Steven G. Brandl, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
  • Meghan S. Stroshine, Marquette University
  • James Frank, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Format of Original
9 p.
Publication Date
11-1-2001
Publisher
Elsevier
Original Item ID
doi: 10.1016/S0047-2352(01)00114-3
Abstract

This article identifies the characteristics of police officers (officers’ background attributes, arrest activity, and assignment) who most frequently receive complaints from citizens regarding the use of excessive force. The data for the study were obtained from a large mid-western municipal police department. The results show that arrest activity, officer age, and officer gender are most strongly related to the receipt of citizen’s complaints about excessive force and differentiate high-complaint officers from low-complaint officers. Implications of the findings are discussed.

Comments

Accepted version. Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol. 29, No. 6 (November-December 2001): 521-529. DOI. © 2001 Elsevier. Used with permission.

Citation Information
Steven G. Brandl, Meghan S. Stroshine and James Frank. "Who are the Complaint-prone Officers?: An Examination of the Relationship between Police Officers' Attributes, Arrest Activity, Assignment, and Citizens' Complaints about Excessive Force" Journal of Criminal Justice (2001) ISSN: 0047-2352
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/meghan_stroshine/7/