TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Exploring bias in police shooting decisions with real shoot/don't shoot cases
JO  - Crime and delinquency
A1  - Worrall, John L.
A1  - Bishopp, Stephen A.
A1  - Zinser, Scott C.
A1  - Wheeler, Andrew P.
A1  - Phillips, Scott W.
SP  - 1171
EP  - 1192
VL  - 64
IS  - 9
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0011-1287
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128718756038
ID  - ref1
ER  -