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The Situational Demographics of Deadly Force - Abstract

By The Situationist Staff

James P. McElvain and Augustine J. Kposowa have an interesting new article, “Police Officer Characteristics and the Likelihood of Using Deadly Force,” in 35 Criminal Justice and Behavior, 505-521 (2008). Here’s the abstract. * * * Past research on police shootings, when examining officer characteristics, has focused on the officer’s race, particularly when it is [...]

Full post as published by The Situationist on June 04, 2008 (boomark / email).