Police Pursuit Driving: Controlling Responses to Emergency Situations

by Roger G. Dunham and Geoffrey P. Alpert

Police 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313272611
• ISBN13: 9780313272615
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"