A Bird's Eye View of Civilians Killed by Police in 2015: Further Evidence of Implicit Bias

Criminology and Public Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 309-340

  Nix, Justin ^a   Campbell, Bradley A ^a   Byers, Edward H ^a   Alpert, Geoffrey P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

deadly force; implicit bias; police; race

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012941639     PISSN: 15386473     EISSN: 17459133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1745-9133.12269     Document Type: Article

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