Risk of being killed by police use of force in the United States by age, race–ethnicity, and sex

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 116, Issue 34, 2019, Pages 16793-16798

  Edwards, Frank ^a   Lee, Hedwig ^b   Esposito, Michael ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal justice; Demography; Public health; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALASKA NATIVE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POLICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; UNITED STATES; ANCESTRY GROUP; DEATH; ETHNIC GROUP; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEATH; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLICE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85071247712     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821204116     Document Type: Article

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