Local governments play a critical role in delivering services to the public. Over recent
decades scholars have begun to empirically examine the relationship between the …

Diversification is a widely proposed policing reform, but its impact is difficult to assess. We
used records of millions of daily patrol assignments, determined through fixed rules and …

This article addresses the concern that death by legal intervention is a health outcome
disproportionately experienced by boys and men of color, and predicated on the quality of …

Research Summary We analyzed 990 police fatal shootings using data compiled by The
Washington Post in 2015. After first providing a basic descriptive analysis of these shootings …

A geographically-resolved, multi-level Bayesian model is used to analyze the data
presented in the US Police-Shooting Database (USPSD) in order to investigate the extent of …

Background & methods Recent social movements have highlighted fatal police violence as
an enduring public health problem in the United States. To solve it, the public requires basic …

In response to police‐involved homicides of black citizens in Ferguson, Missouri, and
elsewhere, some have suggested that more black police officers could reduce the number of …

Research Summary Limitations in data and research on the use of firearms by police officers
in the United States preclude sound understanding of the determinants of deadly force in …

Racism has never been simple. It wasn't more obvious in the past, and it isn't less potent
now. From the birth of the United States to the contemporary police shooting death of an …

We extend existing research on police use of coercive mechanisms of social control against
racial/ethnic minority populations by testing three structural hypotheses regarding excessive …