%0 Journal Article
%T Exploring bias in police shooting decisions with real shoot/don't shoot cases
%J Crime and delinquency
%D 2018
%A Worrall, John L.
%A Bishopp, Stephen A.
%A Zinser, Scott C.
%A Wheeler, Andrew P.
%A Phillips, Scott W.
%V 64
%N 9
%P 1171-1192
%X The controversy surrounding recent high-profile police shootings (e.g., Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri; Laquan McDonald in Chicago) has prompted inquiry into the possible existence of bias in officers' use-of-force decisions. Using a balanced mix of shoot/don't shoot cases from a large municipal police department in the Southwestern United States, this study analyzed the effect of suspect race on officers' decisions to shoot--while accounting for other theoretically relevant factors. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest that Black suspects were not disproportionately the target of police shootings; Black suspects were approximately one third as likely to be shot as other suspects. This finding challenges the current bias narrative and is consistent with the other race-related findings in recently published research.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I SAGE Publishing
%@ 0011-1287
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128718756038