A multi-level Bayesian analysis of racial Bias in police shootings at the county-level in the United States, 2011-2014

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Ross, Cody T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; POLICE; PROBABILITY; RACISM; RESIDENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUP; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BAYES THEOREM; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; POLICE; RACISM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84951294142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141854     Document Type: Article

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