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Above the Law

Police and the Excessive Use of Force

By Skolnick Fyfe

About The Book
The now-famous videotape of the beating of Rodney King precipitated a national outcry against police violence. Skolnick and Fyfe, two of the nation's top experts on law enforcement, use the incident to introduce a revealing historical analysis of such violence and the extent of its survival in law enforcement today.

About The Author
Skolnick Fyfe

Jerome Skolnick is Clare Clements Dean’s Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkely. He is the author of The Politics of Protest and co-author of The New Blue Line.

James Fyfe is Professor of Criminal Justice at Temple University. He was a member of the New York City Police Department for sixteen years as patrolman, sergeant, and lieutenant, and also taught at the Police Academy.

Product Details
  • Publisher: Free Press (May 11, 2010)
  • Length: 336 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781439118641

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Above the Law

Police and the Excessive Use of Force

By Skolnick Fyfe