English
Etymology
wikipedia
After Dirty Harry, a fictional police detective.
Proper noun
en-proper noun
- italbrac|metaphorically A police officer whom is wreckless, disregards practices and policies, or whom practices vigilantism, or has a questionable use of force and officer involved shooting incidents.
Synonyms
vigilante
loose cannon
References
JSTOR: ''Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science'', Vol. 452, '''''The Police and Violence''''' (Nov., 1980), '''The Dirty Harry Problem ''', pp. 33-47 Carl B. Klockars
JSTOR: ''Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science'', Vol. 452, '''The Police and Violence''' (Nov., 1980), '''Perspectives on Police and Violence''', pp. 1-12 Lawrence W. Sherman
The evolution of the Dirty Harry syndrome, 1971-1988 : a comparison of a fictional police officer's behavioral patterns to those of a non-fictional officer (1993)] William K Rowlette
British Library: ''EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES'' 1997, VOL 26; NUMBER 6, pages 18-23 '''The Demise of Dirty Harry''' C. Summer (ISSN: 0094-6575)
British Library: ''UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW REVIEW'' 1997, VOL 64; NUMBER 4, pages 1457-1491 '''Dirty Harry and the Real Constitution. The Constitution and Criminal Procedure: First Principles''' Akhil Reed Amar & M.S. Paulsen (ISSN: 0041-9494)
african security review Vol.9, Issue 1, Dirty Harry is back: Vigilantism in South Africa-The (re) emergence of the �good� and �bad� community� (2000) pp. 18
Springer: ''European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research'' Volume 8, Number 3 / September, 2000 '''Police Powers and Accountability in a Democratic Society: Introductory Report''' pp. 237-245 Joachim Kersten
Social Science Research Nework: ''New England School of Law'' 79 Tul. L. Rev. 1 (2004) '''What Happens When Dirty Harry Becomes an (Expert) Witness for the Prosecution?''' JOELLE ANNE MORENO
''The Modern Law Review'' Volume 64 Issue 6 Page 911 - November 2001 '''Due Process and Dirty Harry Dilemmas: Criminal. Appeals and the Human Rights Act''' Richard Nobles & David Schiff
Ingenta Connect: ''Journal of Applied Philosophy'', Volume 23, Number 3, August 2006, pp. 337-353(17) ''' Torture — The Case for Dirty Harry and against Alan Dershowitz''' UWE STEINHOFF
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