Preventing the Use of Deadly Force: The Relationship between Police Agency Policies andRatesofOfficer-InvolvedGun Deaths

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Jennings, Jay T.; Rubado, Meghan E.
• 署名单位: University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; University System of Ohio; Cleveland State University; University System of Ohio; Cleveland State University
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.12738
• 发表日期: 2017
• 页码: 217-225
• 关键词: determinants; community; complaints; shootings; diversity; OFFICERS; DECISION; BEHAVIOR; weapons; POWER

摘要

Killings of civilians by police officers have become a matter of intense public concern in the United States. High-profile deaths, especially those of black citizens, have caused outrage and sparked the Black Lives Matter movement with calls for dramatic changes in how police agencies operate. However, little systematic research exists to answer questions about which policies should be ended or put in place to reduce these deaths. The authors leverage a large data set of gun deaths by police officers in the United States, combined with agency-level policy data and community demographic data, to examine whether certain policies are associated with lower or higher rates of officer-involved gun deaths. Findings show that one policythe requirement that officers file a report when they point their guns at people but do not fireis associated with significantly lower rates of gun deaths.