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Variables Associated With Police Use Of Excessive Force In The United States, Leander Shane Zanders
Variables Associated With Police Use Of Excessive Force In The United States, Leander Shane Zanders
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractA negative relationship persists among minority communities and law enforcement officers, including officers’ use of excessive force. Use of force researchers hold that a high percentage of African American men and boys can expect to die at the hands of police in the United States. Further, African American men are more likely than their White peers to die during an encounter with police. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the relationship between predictor variables and the use of excessive force against racial and ethnic minorities in the United States, controlling for race, gender, and household income. The …
Variables Associated With Police Use Of Excessive Force In The United States, Leander Shane Zanders
Variables Associated With Police Use Of Excessive Force In The United States, Leander Shane Zanders
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractA negative relationship persists among minority communities and law enforcement officers, including officers’ use of excessive force. Use of force researchers hold that a high percentage of African American men and boys can expect to die at the hands of police in the United States. Further, African American men are more likely than their White peers to die during an encounter with police. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the relationship between predictor variables and the use of excessive force against racial and ethnic minorities in the United States, controlling for race, gender, and household income. The …