Racial/ethnic disparities in the use of lethal force by US police, 2010-2014

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 295-297

  Buehler, James W ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; PREJUDICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85020532082     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303575     Document Type: Article

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