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Deployment of Violence

The Los Angeles Police Department's Use of Dogs

University of California Los Angeles

Richard A. Berk

University of California Los Angeles

James J. Fyfe

Temple University

In this article, the authors address empirically the relationship between the racial composition of areas patrolled by police and the use of police dogs to apprehend suspects. The authors find that even after controlling forfactors that police claim determine the allocation of canine patrols, dogs are disproportionately employed in areas with higher proportions of minority residents. Moreover, when more dogs are deployed, there are citizens bitten, often severely.

Evaluation Review, Vol. 22, No. 4, 535-561 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9802200406


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