Excessive Force and Liability

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MEN, WOMEN, AND. POLICE Excessive Force : A Tale of Two Genders A Content Analysis of Civil Liability Cases, SUSTAINED ALLEGATIONS & CITIZEN. COMPLAINTS. The National Center for Women & Policing a division of the Feminist Majority Foundation DR. KIM LONSWAY, Research Director, National Center for Women & Policing MICHELLE WOOD, Research Assistant MEGAN FICKLING AND ALEXANDRIA DE LEON, Research Interns MARGARET MOORE, Director, National Center for Women & Policing CHIEF PENNY HARRINGTON, Founding Director & Chair of the Board, National Center for Women & Policing ELEANOR SMEAL, President, Feminist Majority Foundation KATHERINE SPILLAR, Executive Vice-President, Feminist Majority Foundation April 2002, National Center for Women & Policing, a division of the Feminist Majority Foundation -1- MEN, WOMEN, AND POLICE Excessive Force : A TALE OF TWO GENDERS.

- 6 - Source: Original data provided by three major U.S. police departments.Because information was provided for differing periods of time, the figures for all three departments were simply averaged. Citizen Complaints

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