Does racial congruence between police agencies and communities reduce racialized police killings of civilians?

In response to highly publicized, controversial police killings of Black Americans, policymakers and advocates have proposed several police reforms, including a recurrent, decades-long demand for police departments to diversify their forces to better match the racial composition of the communities t...

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Authors: Gaston, Shytierra (Author) ; Teti, Matthew J. (Author) ; Sanchez, Matheson (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Criminology & public policy
Year: 2021, Volume: 20, Issue: 4, Pages: 665-690
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
fatal force
Policeorganization
Race and policing
Racialdisparities
Racial representation
Violence