A review is given about the thoughts and studies that try to explain police use of force. Literature recommends the use of unnecessary force is acceptable to the police as they perform their tasks in their particular work environment. There is no exact definition of excessive force, but experts described it as using more force than necessary to gain compliance in an incident. It is hard to determine if a police officer is using excessive or unnecessary force because there is no exact definition. Worden quoted that officers do not use force in most cases, but when force is used, a large proportion of it is unnecessary. Studies that have tested the factors that led to an officer’s use of force typically examined three broad components. The first factor is offender characteristics. Officers was more likely to use force on younger suspects, African-American, male, lower class, or intoxicated. The second factor is officer characteristics. Research Gender and race have no relationship to the use of force. The third factor explains the use of force is situational; legal and extra-legal suspects. Use of force has been related to suspects involved in a violent offense and offenders who are arrested after a foot or car pursuit. Officers believe that unnecessary or excessive force is acceptable under the proper circumstances. Carter found that two-thirds of officers believed excessive force could be used for retaliation and not just for self-defense. Weisburd and Greenspan studied survey data from 925 police officers in 113 different police departments. Majority of the officers do not agree with the use of excessive force, but a large amount believed
A review is given about the thoughts and studies that try to explain police use of force. Literature recommends the use of unnecessary force is acceptable to the police as they perform their tasks in their particular work environment. There is no exact definition of excessive force, but experts described it as using more force than necessary to gain compliance in an incident. It is hard to determine if a police officer is using excessive or unnecessary force because there is no exact definition. Worden quoted that officers do not use force in most cases, but when force is used, a large proportion of it is unnecessary. Studies that have tested the factors that led to an officer’s use of force typically examined three broad components. The first factor is offender characteristics. Officers was more likely to use force on younger suspects, African-American, male, lower class, or intoxicated. The second factor is officer characteristics. Research Gender and race have no relationship to the use of force. The third factor explains the use of force is situational; legal and extra-legal suspects. Use of force has been related to suspects involved in a violent offense and offenders who are arrested after a foot or car pursuit. Officers believe that unnecessary or excessive force is acceptable under the proper circumstances. Carter found that two-thirds of officers believed excessive force could be used for retaliation and not just for self-defense. Weisburd and Greenspan studied survey data from 925 police officers in 113 different police departments. Majority of the officers do not agree with the use of excessive force, but a large amount believed