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Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-100313272611
ISBN-139780313272615
eBay Product ID (ePID)146489
Product Key Features
Number of Pages200 Pages
Publication NamePolice Pursuit Driving : Controlling Responses to Emergency Situations
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1990
SubjectGeneral, Law Enforcement, Criminology
TypeTextbook
AuthorGeoffrey P. Alpert, Roger G. Dunham
Subject AreaLaw, Political Science, Social Science
SeriesContributions in Criminology and Penology Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight16.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN89-023247
Dewey Edition20
Series Volume NumberNo. 27
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Volume Number27
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal363.2/32
Table Of ContentPreface Conceptual Framework Legal Issues Prior Research on Police Pursuits Methods and Findings Discussion and Conclusions Appendixes Selected Bibliography Index
SynopsisPolice strategies often develop from custom and practice without guidance from empirical research. Police officers often make their decisions based upon information and tactics with which they are the most familiar and comfortable. Choosing between available strategies and other alternatives can be improved through research and evaluation. One area of policing in which this is especially true is pursuit driving, which may be the deadliest weapon in a police officer's arsenal. Using the analogy between improper use of firearms and improper pursuit driving, Alpert and Dunham analyze the police car as a potentially dangerous weapon. The book is based upon information gathered over several years in Dade County (Miami), Florida. Included are the details of deaths, injuries, and property damage. Also reported are the arrests and apprehensions of felony suspects. The data are presented not to scare citizens, but to assist them, members of the law enforcement community, and politicians to understand more clearly the role of pursuit in policing and crime control. Pursuit needs to be discussed as a deterrent and crime-fighting strategy, and felony arrests resulting from successful pursuit must be included to compute a cost-benefit analysis. By offering a view of police pursuit that has been heretofore unavailable, the authors hope their empirical data will replace unsupported opinion and media sensationalism as information on which to create or modify pursuit policies and legal standards.
LC Classification NumberHV8080
