The Relationship Between Structural Racism and Black-White Disparities in Fatal Police Shootings at the State Level

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 106-116

  Mesic, Aldina ^a   Franklin, Lydia ^a   Cansever, Alev ^a   Potter, Fiona ^a   Sharma, Anika ^a   Knopov, Anita ^a   Siegel, Michael ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Firearm violence; Homicide; Police shootings; Racial disparities; Structural racism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ECONOMIC STATUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GUN VIOLENCE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; POLICE; RACISM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85040586875     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: 19434693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnma.2017.12.002     Document Type: Article

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