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Police civil liability under section 1983: When do police officers act under color of law?

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  • Vaughn, Michael S.
  • Coomes, Lisa F.

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  • Vaughn, Michael S. & Coomes, Lisa F., 1995. "Police civil liability under section 1983: When do police officers act under color of law?," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 23(5), pages 395-415.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jcjust:v:23:y:1995:i:5:p:395-415
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    1. Moore, Eric & del Carmen, Rolando V., 1994. "To have or not to have a handbook: The legal effect of employee handbooks on law enforcement agencies," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 22(3), pages 205-213.
    2. Kappeler, Victor E. & Vaughn, Michael S. & del Carmen, Rolando V., 1991. "Death in detension: An analysis of police liability for negligent failure to prevent suicide," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 19(4), pages 381-393.
    3. Kappeler, Victor E. & Kappeler, Stephen F. & del Carmen, Rolando V., 1993. "A content analysis of police civil liability cases: Decisions of the Federal District Courts, 1978-1990," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 21(4), pages 325-337.
    4. Vaughn, Michael S., 1994. "Police civil liability for abandonment in high crime areas and other high risk situations," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 22(5), pages 407-424.
    5. Kappeler, Victor E. & Del Carmen, Rolando V., 1990. "Police civil liability for failure to arrest intoxicated drivers," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 18(2), pages 117-131.
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    1. Lee, Hoon & Vaughn, Michael S., 2010. "Organizational factors that contribute to police deadly force liability," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 38(2), pages 193-206, March.
    2. Eschholz, Sarah & Vaughn, Michael S., 2001. "Police sexual violence and rape myths: Civil liability under Section 1983," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 29(5), pages 389-405.
    3. Shjarback, John A. & Pyrooz, David C. & Wolfe, Scott E. & Decker, Scott H., 2017. "De-policing and crime in the wake of Ferguson: Racialized changes in the quantity and quality of policing among Missouri police departments," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 42-52.
    4. Dias, Clarissa Freitas & Vaughn, Michael S., 2006. "Bureaucracy, managerial disorganization, and administrative breakdown in criminal justice agencies," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 34(5), pages 543-555.

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