RT Article
T1 Race, crime, and the micro-ecology of deadly force
JF Criminology & public policy
VO 15
IS 1
SP 193
OP 222
A1 Klinger, David
LA English
YR 2016
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/157102526X
AB 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 police work. The current study addresses these limitations with detailed case attributes and a microspatial analysis of police shootings in St. Louis, MO, between 2003 and 2012. The results indicate that neither the racial composition of neighborhoods nor their level of economic disadvantage directly increase the frequency of police shootings, whereas levels of violent crime do—but only to a point. Police shootings are less frequent in areas with the highest levels of criminal violence than in those with midlevels of violence. We offer a provisional interpretation of these results and call for replications in other settings.
K1 Firearms
K1 Police work
K1 Police officers
K1 Polizeilicher Schußwaffengebrauch
K1 Schußwaffengebrauch
K1 Polizei
K1 Schußwaffeneinsatz
K1 Studie
DO 10.1111/1745-9133.12174