Who are the Complaint-prone Officers?: An Examination of the Relationship between Police Officers' Attributes, Arrest Activity, Assignment, and Citizens' Complaints about Excessive Force

Authors

Steven G. Brandl, University of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeFollow
Meghan S. Stroshine, Marquette UniversityFollow
James Frank, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

9 p.

Publication Date

11-2001

Publisher

Elsevier

Source Publication

Journal of Criminal Justice

Source ISSN

0047-2352

Original Item ID

doi: 10.1016/S0047-2352(01)00114-3

Abstract

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.

Comments

Accepted version. Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol. 29, No. 6 (November-December 2001): 521-529. DOI. © 2001 Elsevier. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Brandl, Steven G.; Stroshine, Meghan S.; and Frank, James, "Who are the Complaint-prone Officers?: An Examination of the Relationship between Police Officers' Attributes, Arrest Activity, Assignment, and Citizens' Complaints about Excessive Force" (2001). Social and Cultural Sciences Faculty Research and Publications. 28.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/socs_fac/28