What Influences Shooter Bias? The Effects of Suspect Race, Neighborhood, and Clothing on Decisions to Shoot

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 723-743

  Kahn, Kimberly Barsamian ^a   Davies, Paul G ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLACK POPULATION; CULTURAL RELATIONS; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLICE FORCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RACE; RACIAL IDENTITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85037649103     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josi.12245     Document Type: Article

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