Criminology Explains Police Violence

Criminology Explains Police Violence offers a concise and targeted overview of criminological theory applied to the phenomenon of police violence. In this engaging and accessible book, Philip M. Stinson, Sr. highlights the similarities and differences among criminological theories, and provides linkages across explanatory levels and across time and geography to explain police violence.

This book is appropriate as a resource in criminology, policing, and criminal justice special topic courses, as well as a variety of violence and police courses such as policing, policing administration, police-community relations, police misconduct, and violence in society. Stinson uses examples from his own research to explore police violence, acknowledging the difficulty in studying the topic because violence is often seen as a normal part of policing.

Philip Matthew Stinson, Sr. is Professor of Criminal Justice at Bowling Green State University. His research on police misconduct, including his comprehensive police crime database (policecrime.bgsu.edu), has been featured in outlets such as FiveThirtyEight, Democracy Now!, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, VICE, and many others.