Gene

Construct (python library)

Gender studies

Police department

International law

Biochemistry

Racial profiling

Computer science

Law enforcement

White (mutation)

Psychology

Political science

Criminology

Sociology

Use of force

Chemistry

Programming language

Race (biology)

Deadly force

Public Administration Review

The debate over possible bias in the use of deadly force has recently been exacerbated by highly publicized killings of African American males around the country. While much research has been conducted examining police behavior, little has been done to investigate the impact of race on police behavior. This article aims to answer this question: are white police officers more likely to use lethal force on minority suspects or people of a specific race? To answer this question, the authors construct a data set of all confirmed uses of lethal force by police officers in the United States in 2014 and 2015. They find that although minority suspects are disproportionately killed by police, white officers appear to be no more likely to use lethal force against minorities than nonwhite officers .

Do White Law Enforcement Officers Target Minority Suspects?