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Title: Above the Law: Police and the Excessive Use of Force by Jerome H. Skolnick, James J. Fyfe ISBN: 0-02-929153-4 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)

Rating: 2
Summary: Liberal and biased
Comment: I've read both of these author's books on the same subject. In most areas, particularly on the use of force and its assessment, these authors use speculation and assumption rather than basing conclusions on facts. Although there are facts and appropriate interviews in the book, they don't always use them in a rational way, or except to further a mostly liberal and pre-oriented opinion. While the need for police supervision is well thought out, the insight doesn't find its way into some of the other misperceptions about the incidents they discuss.

Rating: 4
Summary: A good book
Comment: If you are interested in learning about the brutality of the police force and what can be done to prevent it, I highly recommend this book

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