Research Summary We analyzed 990 police fatal shootings using data compiled by The
Washington Post in 2015. After first providing a basic descriptive analysis of these shootings …

In the spring and summer of 2016, seven studies that examined the impact of subject race
on police use of force were announced in the media and the paraphrased headlines ranged …

This best-selling textbook explains the current state of research in the sociology of
race/ethnicity, emphasizing white privilege, the social construction of race, and the newest …

This concluding article situates the police violence against persons of color in an historical
context, suggesting that the current wave of killings replicates historical trends. A social …

This multidisciplinary text draws on the work of anthropologists, historians, law professors,
political scientists, psychologists, and sociologists to outline how law is an essential social …

This thematic content analysis used frameworks of stigma and critical race theory to examine
how mass media represented the life and police homicide of Eric Garner. Findings …

Previous research demonstrates that exposure to police lethal force through the media
impacts individuals' support for police reform, but the mechanism driving this support is …

Abstract The killing of Unarmed Black Men by police officers has become one of the most
divisive issues of the 21st century. These Officer-Involved Killings (OIK) are decimating The …

Across societies, there is a tendency to associate members of low status groups with anger,
and to associate members of high status groups with calm (ie the hunchback heuristic), but …

Abstract Blacks, Latinos, and American Indians are killed by police at a disproportionately
higher rate than whites and Asians, but whether racial discrimination accounts for these …