TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Who are the complaint-prone officers?: An examination of the relationship between police officers' attributes, arrest activity, assignment, and citizens' complaints about excessive force
JO  - Journal of criminal justice
A1  - Brandl, Steven G.
A1  - Stroshine, Meghan S.
A1  - Frank, James
SP  - 521
EP  - 529
VL  - 29
IS  - 6
N2  - This article identifies the characteristics of police officers (officers' background attributes, arrest activity, and assignment) who most frequently receive complaints from citizens regarding the use of excessive force. The data for the study were obtained from a large mid-western municipal police department. The results show that arrest activity, officer age, and officer gender are most strongly related to the receipt of citizen's complaints about excessive force and differentiate high-complaint officers from low-complaint officers. Implications of the findings are discussed.<p /> 
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SN  - 0047-2352
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2352(01)00114-3
ID  - ref1
ER  -