A thin-slice of institutionalised police brutality: a tradition of excessive force in the Chicago Police Department
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Bleakley, P. 2019. A thin-slice of institutionalised police brutality: a tradition of excessive force in the Chicago Police Department. Criminal Law Forum. 30 (4), pp. 425-449. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10609-019-09378-6
Type | Article |
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Title | A thin-slice of institutionalised police brutality: a tradition of excessive force in the Chicago Police Department |
Authors | Bleakley, P. |
Abstract | In the Chicago Police Department, a sustained tradition of tolerating violent conduct has contributed to the fostering of a police culture in which the use of force is celebrated. Evidence suggests that there has been a historical reluctance to take action to discipline officers accused of misconduct – many of whom are highly decorated veterans of the Chicago Police Department. It is the contention of this article that the long-standing endorsement of excessive force in Chicago policing has compromised officers’ ability to thin-slice, a psychological process in which people are able to draw on their experiences and socio-cultural context to make quick decisions under pressure. Instead, officers are instinctively drawn to engage in misconduct as a means to an end, with the confidence that their actions will not attract the sanction of their superiors. |
Research Group | Centre for Criminological and Social Research (CSRC) |
Publisher | Springer Netherlands |
Journal | Criminal Law Forum |
ISSN | 1046-8374 |
Electronic | 1572-9850 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 01 Nov 2019 |
31 Dec 2019 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 04 Nov 2019 |
Accepted | 01 Oct 2019 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Copyright Statement | This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Criminal Law Forum. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10609-019-09378-6 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10609-019-09378-6 |
Language | English |
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