TY - JOUR PY - 1996// TI - In the line of duty: A descriptive analysis of police assaults and accidents JO - Journal of criminal justice A1 - Brandl, Steven G. SP - 255 EP - 264 VL - 24 IS - 3 N2 - Common in the literature are discussions of the dangerousness of the police occupation. In particular, numerous studies have examined the circumstances surrounding the murder and assault of police officers. Relatively little is known, however, about how these dramatic events fit into the larger context of police injury incidents. This article reports the results of analyses based on 2,073 officer injury incidents (reports) gathered from a large U.S. midwestern municipal police department. Findings and implications are discussed.
LA - SN - 0047-2352 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0047-2352(96)00007-4 ID - ref1 ER -