Hitting the Target (or Not): Comparing Characteristics of Fatal, Injurious, and Noninjurious Police Shootings

Police Quarterly

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-330

  White, Michael D ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

deadly force; police shootings; shooting accuracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990330036     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611105277199     Document Type: Article

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