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    DEMYSTIFYING "MILITARIZATION": A PARTIAL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S "1033" EQUIPMENT TRANSFER PROGRAM ON POLICE OFFICER SAFETY OUTCOMES

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    Wickes, Geoffrey Coleman
    Advisor
    Encinosa, William
    Abstract
    While considerable popular and academic ire has been dedicated to the rather nebulous concept of "police militarization," very little research attempts to examine the tangible outcomes of issuing military equipment to law enforcement agencies. This thesis attempts to fill this glaring gap in the literature by analyzing the impact of transfers of military equipment from the US Department of Defense to local, county, and state police departments on officer safety outcomes. Findings indicate that transfers may increase the incidence of assaults on officers, but that they have an extremely insignificant effect on the likelihood of officer injury.
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    M.P.P.
    Permanent Link
    http://hdl.handle.net/10822/760998
    Date Published
    2015
    Subject
    Equipment; Law Enforcement; Militarization; Officer Safety; Police; Transfer; Public policy; Public administration; Criminology; Public policy; Public administration; Criminology;
    Type
    thesis
    Publisher
    Georgetown University
    Extent
    29 leaves
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