PUOF  SPECIAL ISSUE

Crime, Law and Social Change

scheduled for Autumn 2008

Article 1: Normative Frameworks for the Use of Force by Police: An Overview of the International Project Authors: Philip Stenning, Otto Adang, David Baker, Christopher Birkbeck, Thomas Feltes, Luis Gerardo Gabaldón, Eduardo Paes Machado, P.A.J. Waddington

Article 2: "Singing from the same hymn sheet: continuities and discontinuities in how police talk about using force in six jurisdictions” Authors: P.A.J. Waddington, Otto Adang, David Baker, Christopher Birkbeck, Thomas Feltes, Luis Gerardo Gabaldón, Eduardo Paes Machado, Philip Stenning

Article 3: “Causality and Teleology in Police Officers’ Justifications for the Use of Force: Cross-National Similarities and Differences” Authors: Christopher Birkbeck, Otto Adang, David Baker, Thomas Feltes, Luis Gerardo Gabaldón, Eduardo Paes Machado, Philip Stenning, P.A.J. Waddington

Article 4: “Police Confirmation of Use of Force in Australia: ‘To be or not to be?’” Author: David Baker

Article 5: “A Comparative Study of the Attitudes of Urban, Suburban and Rural Police Officers in New Jersey Regarding the Use of Force” Authors: Kevin  J. Barrett, Maria (Maki) Haberfeld, Michael Walker

Article 6: “Officers between keeping authority and fear of escalation: Different ways of perception result in different patterns of justification for the use of force” Authors: Astrid Klukkert , Thomas Ohlemacher, Thomas Feltes,

Article 7: Walking on a Fragile Bridge: The Use of Force in the Brazilian Police Culture Authors: Eduardo Paes-Machado, Ceci Vilar Noronha, Sergio Roberto Abreu

Article 8: Uncertainty, Defiance and Use of Force among Venezuelan Police Officers Author: Luis Gerardo Gabaldón