Are Police Officers More Likely to Kill African-American Suspects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13648286 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gary Kleck (0000-0001-9024-6896, Florida State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 31-34 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.100.1.31-34 |
| PMID | 17451000 |
| OpenAlex | W2079089731 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
In recent psychological research decisions by police officers to shoot criminal suspects are often assumed to be racially biased, and it is concluded that officers are more likely to shoot African-American suspects. This assumption was tested with national data on persons killed during legal interventions and with data bearing on the African-American proportion of criminal suspects law enforcement officers face. Analysis indicates that the African-American share of persons killed by law enforcement officers, while higher than the African-American percentage of the U.S. population, is lower than one would expect based on the estimated African-American proportion of suspects confronted in violent encounters or the African-American percentage of suspects who kill police officers
African american · Criminology · Environmental health · Law enforcement · Police department · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Sociology · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Law · Medicine · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |