Violence and Police Culture Author:Tony Coady, Steven James, Seumas Miller Everyone has seen disturbing video footage, of police brutality against prisoners, suspects and even innocent bystanders. The record of police shootings, police beatings, deaths in custody - both black and white - and violent police tactics against peaceful demonstrators is a long and sorry one. Violence and Police Culture makes a significant c... more »ontribution to the debate that has arisen around some specific cases, while analysing the much broader problem-a police culture that permits and even encourages such behaviour among its members. The relationship between the internal culture of police forces and the unacceptable use of violence remains a burning public issue. In Violence and Police Culture, a group of eminent practitioners and theoreticians collaborate to discuss the problems associated with the use of violence by police.« less