Methods for Ascribing Racial and Ethnic Characteristics in Police Use of Lethal Force Events

• In Event: Methodological Advances in Race and Ethnic Politics

Brief Overview

This paper addresses the challenges, implications, and potential solutions to ascribing race and ethnicity to a set of individuals in the context of police use of lethal force events.

Authors

• Jay Jennings, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

• Ajay Singh, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

• Jennifer Robbennolt, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign