Police Violence and Class in America

• In Event: The Politics of Law Enforcement

Brief Overview

American police have by far the highest rate of violence than any other country in the OECD. To expand our understanding of police violence in America, this paper will study incidents of violence among white Americans, an understudied population.

Authors

• Hilary Jan Izatt, Binghamton University

• Charlotte Boucher, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

• Zoe Walker, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor