Don’t Shoot! The Impact of Historical African American Protest on Police Killings of Civilians
There is a long-standing history of protests in response to police killings of African American citizens. However, it remains a largely unanswered question as to whether these protest events have had any impact on subsequent police killings of African American civilians. To answer this question, we...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2021
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Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2021, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-34 |
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Summary: | There is a long-standing history of protests in response to police killings of African American citizens. However, it remains a largely unanswered question as to whether these protest events have had any impact on subsequent police killings of African American civilians. To answer this question, we turn to the over 700 racial uprisings that occurred in the 1960s and early 1970s that were largely triggered by negative and often violent interactions between the African American community and police |
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ISSN: | 1573-7799 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10940-019-09443-8 |