Friday, January 30, 2015

Good article on a new approach to use of force by police


Good article from Criminal Justice Ethics. Abstract: 


"Utilizing a contractualist  [social contract, e.g., Locke] framework for understanding the basis and limits for the use of
 
force by police, this article offers five limiting principlesrespect for status as moral


agents, proportionality, minimum force necessary, ends likely to be accomplished, and
 
appropriate motivationand then discusses uses of force that violate or risk violating


those principles. These include, but are not limited to, unseemly invasions, strip searches,

perp walks, handcuffing practices, post-chase apprehensions, contempt-of-cop arrests,

overuse of intermediate force measures, coerced confessions, profiling, stop and frisk

practices, and the administration of street justice."

See full article here.
 

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