Making News of Police Violence: A Comparative Study of Toronto and New York City

by Jeffrey Ian Ross

Although many people consider excessive police violence disconcerting, if, when, and how they voice their opinion or respond by taking some sort of action has generally remained empirically unknown. In the hope of understanding this process, Ross has developed a four-stage model, based on a review of the literature and on interviews with the relevant actors. He then uses this tool to analyze police violence that occurred in Toronto, Canada and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275968251
• ISBN13: 9780275968250
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"