Reasonablenessee V Garner Case Study

Wolf et al. (2009) explains with the case Tennessee V. Garner the circumstances used to evaluate the objective reasonableness clause at the time of the encounter included the same threat levels mentioned in the previous above case along with if the suspect was trying to resist police at the time and additionally assessed the severity of the crime as another factor (p.743). The lesser use of force is managed today still using the Graham V. Connor standard, force defined as being “reasonable and necessary”(Wolf et al., 2009,p.743).
Factors That Influence Levels of Force

There are several existing factors that are able to influence and effect the levels of force that police use during a suspect encounter. These factors can vary from: internal,