Police brutality

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95010616
- info:lc/authorities/sh95010616
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh95010616#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Brutality by police
- Excessive force used by police
- Excessive use of force by police
- Police use of excessive force
- Use of excessive force by police
Broader Terms
- Police misconduct
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb125379212
Sources
- found: Nat. crim. just. thes.
- found: Scrivner, E.M. Controlling police use of excessive force, 1994.
- found: National Law Enforcement Satellite Teleconference (1991 Dec. 11). The use of excessive force, 1991.
Change Notes
- 1995-12-14: new
- 1999-12-14: revised

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