Use of force
2016 Arizona NICS Records Improvement Program
2016-NS-BX-K010
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$1,117,414
Police Use of Nonfatal Force, 2002-11
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REPORT: FROM 2002-11 BLACKS WERE 2.5 TIMES MORE LIKELY THAN WHITES TO EXPERIENCE NONFATAL FORCE BY POLICE
WASHINGTON – In a study released today by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), an annual average of 44 million U.S...
Police Use of Nonfatal Force, 2002-11
Date Published
November 2015
Publication Type
Publication
Use of force
The amount of effort required by law enforcement to gain compliance from an unwilling subject.
Use of excessive force
The application of force beyond what is reasonably believed to be necessary to gain compliance from a subject in any given incident.
Non-deadly or less-lethal force
The level of force required to gain compliance that is not known to or intended to create serious bodily harm or death.
Excessive use of force
The application of lawful use of force in too many separate incidents.
Deadly or lethal force
Force that a law enforcement officer uses with the purpose of causing, or that the officer knows to create a substantial risk of causing, death, or serious bodily harm.
Alaska Police-Public Contact Survey, Phase III PilotUniversity of Alaska Student Sexual Violence Victimization Survey
2015-BJ-CX-K042
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$164,237
Maryland Statistical Analysis Center 2015 SJS Program
2015-BJ-CX-K015
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$56,444
Contacts between Police and the Public, 2008
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CONTACTS BETWEEN POLICE AND THE PUBLIC DECLINED FROM 2002 TO 2008
Police used or threatened to use force in less than two percent of contacts
WASHINGTON—An estimated 40 million U.S. residents age 16 or older, or about 17...
Police Behavior during Traffic and Street Stops, 2011
Date Published
September 2013
Publication Type
Publication
Agencies
BJS
World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems: Slovenia
Date Published
June 1993
Publication Type
Publication
Robbery Victims
Date Published
April 1987
Publication Type
Publication
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Date Published
June 1993
Publication Type
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Date Published
June 1993
Publication Type
Publication
Rape in Arkansas 1989
Date Published
May 1990
Publication Type
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Date Published
February 1996
Publication Type
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World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems: Sri Lanka
Date Published
June 1993
Publication Type
Publication
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Date Published
June 1990
Publication Type
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Rape in Arkansas 1990
Date Published
June 1991
Publication Type
Publication
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Date Published
July 1983
Publication Type
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World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems: Sweden
Date Published
June 1993
Publication Type
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Date Published
January 1980
Publication Type
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