PERMISSIBLE USE OF FORCE TO EFFECTUATE AN ARREST

• NCJ Number: 15745
• Journal: Criminal Justice Quarterly Volume: 2 Issue: 4 Dated: (FALL 1974) Pages: 216218
• Author(s): L Espey
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 3 pages
• Corporate Author: New Jersey Attorney General
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

GENERAL PRINCIPLES EMPLOYED BY THE COURTS IN DETERMINING WHETHER AN OFFICER'S USE OF DEADLY OR NONDEADLY FORCE IS PRIVILEGED, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON NEW JERSEY CASE LAW.

Abstract

AMONG THE SITUATIONS DISCUSSED ARE RESISTING AND FLEEING SUSPECTS, THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN FELONY AND MISDEMEANOR SUSPECTS AND THE AFFECTS OF AN OFFICER'S ERROR ON THE SUSPECT'S PRIVILEGED USE OF FORCE TO RESIST, AN INTERVENOR'S ACTIONS, AND THE OFFICER'S POTENTIAL CIVIL LIABILITY.