Do White Law Enforcement Officers Target Minority Suspects?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Menifield, Charles E.; Shin, Geiguen; Strother, Logan
• 署名单位: Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark; Princeton University
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.12956
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 56-68
• 关键词: POLICE USE; FORCE; IMPACT; crime; racism; stops; micro; black; RACE

摘要

The debate over possible bias in the use of deadly force has recently been exacerbated by highly publicized killings of African American males around the country While much research has been conducted examining police behavior, little has been done to investigate the impact of race on police behavior. This article aims to answer this question: are white police officers more likely to use lethal force on minority suspects or people of a specific race? To answer this question, the authors construct a data set of all confirmed uses of lethal force by police officers in the United States in 2014 and 2015. They find that although minority suspects are disproportionately killed by police, white officers appear to be no more likely to use lethal force against minorities than nonwhite officers.