@article{ref1,
title="Validating media-driven and crowdsourced police shooting data: a research note",
journal="Journal of crime and justice",
year="2018",
author="Ozkan, Turgut and Worrall, John L. and Zettler, Haley",
volume="41",
number="3",
pages="334-345",
abstract="Researchers have yet to explore the validity of 'unofficial' media-driven and crowdsourced police-involved killings data. This omission is important because unofficial data are touted as providing accurate counts and narratives pertaining to officer-involved shootings - at least relative to official data. To address this shortcoming, we compared the incidence of and details surrounding officer-involved killings in three unofficial data-sets (FatalEncounters.org, Deadspin, and the Washington Post) to officially collected data on officer-involved shootings from the city of Dallas. Reporting on the incidence of officer-involved killings was mostly consistent across data sources. Incident details varied across data sources, however, especially with respect to investigation outcomes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0735-648X",
doi="10.1080/0735648X.2017.1326831",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0735648X.2017.1326831"
}