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Session Submission Type: Invited Session
This invited panel offers research that explores the relationship between race/ethnicity and police shootings/killings. Panelist will generate timely and important discussions about the topic of race/ethnicity and police shootings/killings, as well as challenge us to explore new forms of data. This session fits well with the ASA conference theme focusing on social justice, “Engaging Social Justice for a Better World” and marks the 5th year anniversary of the incident and death of Eric Garner involving an NYPD officer.
Righteous Shoot or Racial Injustice: What do data on police caused homicide actually tell us? - Malcolm D. Holmes, University of Wyoming
Fatal Police-Citizen Encounters: Does Community Racial Composition Impact the Odds of Police Use of Deadly Force Relative to Police Lethal Victimization? - Gregory M. Zimmerman, Northeastern University; Emma Fridel, Northeastern University; Keller Sheppard, Northeastern University
Rhetoric and Behavior: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis of Police use of Deadly Force - Mitchell B. Chamlin, Texas State University
Crowdsourced police shooting data: What we know and what we’re missing - Justin Nix, University of Nebraska Omaha; Kyle McLean, Florida State University; Jeff Rojek, Michigan State University; Scott Wolfe, Michigan State University; Geoffrey P. Alpert, University of South Carolina