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Introduction
Police violence is among the cause of death to
young men and women in the United States.
Statistics shows that 1 in 1000 black men are at
risk of being killed by police. Black women and
men and American Indian and Alaska Native
women and men are significantly more likely
than white women and men to be killed by
police. Latino men are also more likely to be
killed by police than are white men.
Research Question
• How can the extent of police brutality be
measured?
Hypothesis
IV: Organizational characteristics of police departments promote the use of
excessive force against minorities.
DV: Spatially segregated minority populations are the primary targets of
coercive control
Data/Method
Definitions or Method
Data Chart
Narrative or Case Study
• Most victims of police brutality fall between
the ages of 25 and 30 years
• A big number of victims are males
• The victims are majorly the minority group in
the US
Results/Conclusion
Take Action or Suggestion
• The absence of authoritative official data is a key challenge
in reducing police violence. The Bureau of Justice Statistics
should renew efforts to develop comprehensive systems to
track officer-involved deaths.
• Both the public interest and social science are served by
increasing transparency with regard to police use of force.
Using such data, the research community has made strides
in identifying officers most at risk of being involved in cases
of excessive force and system failures that result in civilian
deaths
Works Cited
• R;, Alang S;McAlpine D;McCreedy E;Hardeman. “Police Brutality and Black
Health: Setting the Agenda for Public Health Scholars.” American Journal of
Public Health, U.S. National Library of Medicine,
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28323470/
• AC;, Bor J;Venkataramani AS;Williams DR;Tsai. “Police Killings and Their
Spillover Effects on the Mental Health of Black Americans: a Population-Based,
Quasi-Experimental Study.” Lancet (London, England), U.S. National Library of
Medicine, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29937193/.
• The results outline the estimates of lifetime risk of
being killed by police use of force by race and sex,
using data from 2013 to 2018 (Alang, S., et al., 2017).
We estimate that over the life course, at levels of risk
similar to those observed between 2013 and 2018,
about 52 (90% uncertainty interval) of every 100,000
men and boys in the United States will be killed by
police use of force over the life course, and about 3
of every 100,000 women and girls will be killed by
police over the life course.
• The results support my hypothesis because it gives
accurate conclusion that most victims are the minority
community in the US.
• Police brutality is the unwarranted or excessive
and often illegal use of force against civilians by
U.S. police officers.
• Forms of police brutality have ranged from
assault and battery to mayhem, torture, and
murder. Some broader definitions of police
brutality also encompass harassment,
intimidation, and verbal abuse, among other
forms of mistreatment.
• Our analysis relies on a combination of official
and unofficial sources of mortality data: FE and
the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS). FE
collects data on all deaths involving police
through systematic searches of online news
coverage, public records, and social media..
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Police Brutality
Introduction
Police violence is among the cause of death to
young men and women in the United States.
Statistics shows that 1 in 1000 black men are at
risk of being killed by police. Black women and
men and American Indian and Alaska Native
women and men are significantly more likely
than white women and men to be killed by
police. Latino men are also more likely to be
killed by police than are white men.
Research Question
• How can the extent of police brutality be
measured?
Hypothesis
IV: Organizational characteristics of police departments promote the use of
excessive force against minorities.
DV: Spatially segregated minority populations are the primary targets of
coercive control
Data/Method
Definitions or Method
Data Chart
Narrative or Case Study
• Most victims of police brutality fall between
the ages of 25 and 30 years
• A big number of victims are males
• The victims are majorly the minority group in
the US
Results/Conclusion
Take Action or Suggestion
• The absence of authoritative official data is a key challenge
in reducing police violence. The Bureau of Justice Statistics
should renew efforts to develop comprehensive systems to
track officer-involved deaths.
• Both the public interest and social science are served by
increasing transparency with regard to police use of force.
Using such data, the research community has made strides
in identifying officers most at risk of being involved in cases
of excessive force and system failures that result in civilian
deaths
Works Cited
• R;, Alang S;McAlpine D;McCreedy E;Hardeman. “Police Brutality and Black
Health: Setting the Agenda for Public Health Scholars.” American Journal of
Public Health, U.S. National Library of Medicine,
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28323470/
• AC;, Bor J;Venkataramani AS;Williams DR;Tsai. “Police Killings and Their
Spillover Effects on the Mental Health of Black Americans: a Population-Based,
Quasi-Experimental Study.” Lancet (London, England), U.S. National Library of
Medicine, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29937193/.
• The results outline the estimates of lifetime risk of
being killed by police use of force by race and sex,
using data from 2013 to 2018 (Alang, S., et al., 2017).
We estimate that over the life course, at levels of risk
similar to those observed between 2013 and 2018,
about 52 (90% uncertainty interval) of every 100,000
men and boys in the United States will be killed by
police use of force over the life course, and about 3
of every 100,000 women and girls will be killed by
police over the life course.
• The results support my hypothesis because it gives
accurate conclusion that most victims are the minority
community in the US.
• Police brutality is the unwarranted or excessive
and often illegal use of force against civilians by
U.S. police officers.
• Forms of police brutality have ranged from
assault and battery to mayhem, torture, and
murder. Some broader definitions of police
brutality also encompass harassment,
intimidation, and verbal abuse, among other
forms of mistreatment.
• Our analysis relies on a combination of official
and unofficial sources of mortality data: FE and
the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS). FE
collects data on all deaths involving police
through systematic searches of online news
coverage, public records, and social media..