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David A. Klinger is an Associate Professor. He
received a B.A. in History from Seattle Pacific
University in 1980, a Masters in Justice from American
University in 1985, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the
University of Washington in 1992. Prior to joining the
Criminology and Criminal Justice faculty at UMSL,
Professor Klinger was Assistant (1992-1998) and
Associate (1998-1999) Professor of Sociology at the
University of Houston.
Prior to pursuing his graduate degrees, Professor
Klinger worked as a patrol officer for the Los Angeles
and Redmond (WA) Police Departments. In 1997 he
was the recipient of the American Society of
Criminology's inaugural Ruth Caven Young Scholar
Award for outstanding early career contributions to
the discipline of criminology. Professor Klinger's
research interests include a broad array of issues in
the field of crime and justice, with an emphasis on the
organization and actions of the modern police. He has
published scholarly manuscripts that address arrest
practices, the use of force, how features of
communities affect the actions of patrol officers, and
terrorism. He has conducted two federally-funded
research projects dealing with the use of force by
police officers; one on officer-involved shootings and
the other on police special weapons and tactics
(SWAT) teams.
Professor Klinger serves as the Director of the
department's Masters program.
received a B.A. in History from Seattle Pacific
University in 1980, a Masters in Justice from American
University in 1985, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the
University of Washington in 1992. Prior to joining the
Criminology and Criminal Justice faculty at UMSL,
Professor Klinger was Assistant (1992-1998) and
Associate (1998-1999) Professor of Sociology at the
University of Houston.
Prior to pursuing his graduate degrees, Professor
Klinger worked as a patrol officer for the Los Angeles
and Redmond (WA) Police Departments. In 1997 he
was the recipient of the American Society of
Criminology's inaugural Ruth Caven Young Scholar
Award for outstanding early career contributions to
the discipline of criminology. Professor Klinger's
research interests include a broad array of issues in
the field of crime and justice, with an emphasis on the
organization and actions of the modern police. He has
published scholarly manuscripts that address arrest
practices, the use of force, how features of
communities affect the actions of patrol officers, and
terrorism. He has conducted two federally-funded
research projects dealing with the use of force by
police officers; one on officer-involved shootings and
the other on police special weapons and tactics
(SWAT) teams.
Professor Klinger serves as the Director of the
department's Masters program.
What's it like to have official sanction to shoot and
kill? In his often startling and sure to be controversial
new book, David Klinger, who himself shot and killed a
suspect during his first year as an officer on the Los
Angles Police Department, answers this and many
other questions about what it's like to live and work in
the place where police officers have to make
split-second decisions about life and death: The Kill
Zone. Based on interviews that Klinger, now a
university professor, conducted with scores of officers
from around the nation who have shot people in the
course of their duties, Into the Kill Zone tells readers
about how police officers are trained to use their
firearms, what happens when cops find themselves
face-to-face with dangerous criminals, the
excruciating decisions they have to make to shoot or
to hold their fire, and how they deal with the
consequences of their choices. From academy
training to post-shooting reactions, Into the Kill Zone
tells the compelling story of the role that deadly force
plays in the lives of America's cops.
kill? In his often startling and sure to be controversial
new book, David Klinger, who himself shot and killed a
suspect during his first year as an officer on the Los
Angles Police Department, answers this and many
other questions about what it's like to live and work in
the place where police officers have to make
split-second decisions about life and death: The Kill
Zone. Based on interviews that Klinger, now a
university professor, conducted with scores of officers
from around the nation who have shot people in the
course of their duties, Into the Kill Zone tells readers
about how police officers are trained to use their
firearms, what happens when cops find themselves
face-to-face with dangerous criminals, the
excruciating decisions they have to make to shoot or
to hold their fire, and how they deal with the
consequences of their choices. From academy
training to post-shooting reactions, Into the Kill Zone
tells the compelling story of the role that deadly force
plays in the lives of America's cops.
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is the police
department of the City of Los Angeles, California. With
over 9,500 officers and 3,000 civilian staff, covering an
area of 473 square miles with a population of more than
3.5 million people, it is the fifth largest law enforcement
agency in the United States (trailing behind the New York
Police Department, Chicago Police Department, California
Department of Corrections, and FBI). The department is
known world wide and has been heavily fictionalized in
numerous movies and television shows. It has also been
involved in a number of controversies, perhaps most
notably the infamous Rodney King incident and the
subsequent 1992 Los Angeles riots.
department of the City of Los Angeles, California. With
over 9,500 officers and 3,000 civilian staff, covering an
area of 473 square miles with a population of more than
3.5 million people, it is the fifth largest law enforcement
agency in the United States (trailing behind the New York
Police Department, Chicago Police Department, California
Department of Corrections, and FBI). The department is
known world wide and has been heavily fictionalized in
numerous movies and television shows. It has also been
involved in a number of controversies, perhaps most
notably the infamous Rodney King incident and the
subsequent 1992 Los Angeles riots.
Into the Kill Zone
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