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 …

This article reviews results from a research project designed to understand the mediating
influence of information technology on information behavior. During the analysis of the data …

Black civilians are more likely to be stopped by police than white civilians net of relevant
factors. Less is known about whether or not racial inequalities exist in police use of force …

Introduction Several high-profile cases in the US have drawn public attention to the use of
lethal force by law enforcement (LE), yet research on such fatalities is limited. Using data …

Researchers have linked police officers' concerns with appearing racist—a kind of
stereotype threat—to racial disparities in the use of force. This study presents the first …

Following the high-profile deaths of eighteen-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri,
and twenty-five-year-old Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland, both cities erupted in protest …

We extend existing research on police use of coercive mechanisms of social control against
racial/ethnic minority populations by testing three structural hypotheses regarding excessive …

Abstract Purpose The events in Ferguson in August 2014 reignited the longstanding
national discussion of race and the police use of force. Recent theory and research from …

There is evidence that the more frequent, severe, and chronic posttraumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) symptomatology experienced by Black compared to White individuals cannot be …

In recent years, the killing of suspects by police and the “militarization” of police have drawn
considerable public attention, but there is little analysis of a relationship between the two. In …