Factors associated with police shooting mortality: A focus on race and a plea for more comprehensive data

<h4>Objectives</h4> To quantify nonfatal injurious police shootings of people and examine the factors associated with victim mortality. <h4>Methods</h4> We gathered victim-level data on fatal and nonfatal injurious police shootings from four states that have such information...

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Autores principales:	Justin Nix, John A. Shjarback
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b1900c7fbe9c4fa39afc1caafdc356582021-11-18T07:37:10ZFactors associated with police shooting mortality: A focus on race and a plea for more comprehensive data1932-6203https://doaj.org/article/b1900c7fbe9c4fa39afc1caafdc356582021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8580236/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Objectives</h4> To quantify nonfatal injurious police shootings of people and examine the factors associated with victim mortality. <h4>Methods</h4> We gathered victim-level data on fatal and nonfatal injurious police shootings from four states that have such information publicly available: Florida (2009–14), Colorado (2010–19), Texas (2015–19), and California (2016–19). For each state, we examined bivariate associations between mortality and race/ethnicity, gender, age, weapon, and access to trauma care. We also estimated logistic regression models predicting victim mortality in each state. <h4>Results</h4> Forty-five percent of these police shooting victims (N = 1,322) did not die. Black–white disparities were more pronounced in nonfatal injurious police shootings than in fatal police shootings. Overall, Black victims were less likely than white victims to die from their wound(s). Younger victims were less likely to die from their wound(s), as well as those who were unarmed. <h4>Conclusions</h4> Racial and age disparities in police shootings are likely more pronounced than previous estimates suggest. <h4>Policy implications</h4> Other states should strongly consider compiling data like that which is currently being gathered in California. Absent data on nonfatal injurious police shootings–which account for a large share of deadly force incidents–researchers and analysts must be cautious about comparing and/or ranking jurisdictions in terms of their police-involved fatality rates.Justin NixJohn A. ShjarbackPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11 (2021)
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description	<h4>Objectives</h4> To quantify nonfatal injurious police shootings of people and examine the factors associated with victim mortality. <h4>Methods</h4> We gathered victim-level data on fatal and nonfatal injurious police shootings from four states that have such information publicly available: Florida (2009–14), Colorado (2010–19), Texas (2015–19), and California (2016–19). For each state, we examined bivariate associations between mortality and race/ethnicity, gender, age, weapon, and access to trauma care. We also estimated logistic regression models predicting victim mortality in each state. <h4>Results</h4> Forty-five percent of these police shooting victims (N = 1,322) did not die. Black–white disparities were more pronounced in nonfatal injurious police shootings than in fatal police shootings. Overall, Black victims were less likely than white victims to die from their wound(s). Younger victims were less likely to die from their wound(s), as well as those who were unarmed. <h4>Conclusions</h4> Racial and age disparities in police shootings are likely more pronounced than previous estimates suggest. <h4>Policy implications</h4> Other states should strongly consider compiling data like that which is currently being gathered in California. Absent data on nonfatal injurious police shootings–which account for a large share of deadly force incidents–researchers and analysts must be cautious about comparing and/or ranking jurisdictions in terms of their police-involved fatality rates.
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title	Factors associated with police shooting mortality: A focus on race and a plea for more comprehensive data
title_short	Factors associated with police shooting mortality: A focus on race and a plea for more comprehensive data
title_full	Factors associated with police shooting mortality: A focus on race and a plea for more comprehensive data
title_fullStr	Factors associated with police shooting mortality: A focus on race and a plea for more comprehensive data
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Factors associated with police shooting mortality: A focus on race and a plea for more comprehensive data

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