The author proposes and outlines a three stage process model to explain the reactions to public police violence. He argues that this model provides a better explanation of the effects of police violence than "natural history" and "public arenas" models can. The model consists of three stages: arousal, reactions, and outcomes, and four categories of actors: victims, police, public, and government.
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