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“Suspect resistance exerts the strongest effects on the odds of [police] force being used… We also observed statistically significant differences in the application of force by suspect age, sex, race, and mental illness—above and beyond the effects of resistance."

Police Use of Force and Suspect Behavior: An Inmate Perspective
Journal of Criminal Justice
Vol. 67, p. 101673,
2020
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