A Comparison of Deadly Force Statistics From the NCHS and FBI.

Abstract

Following Sherman and Langworthy's examination of the vital statistics and private data from police agencies, this work examines the differences between data for justifiable homicides by police using the supplementary homicide reports from the FBI and the mortality detail file from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The FBI data captured over 27% more cases than the NCHS data for the period I976-l99O. Additionally, variations in the number of cases captured from state to state followed predictable patterns when using variables emphasizing state size, such as population, general fund expenditure or state and local expenditures for police, as the independent variable.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA289530

Entities

People

  • Thomas P. Allison

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • California
  • Crime
  • Criminal Justice System
  • Criminals
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Processing
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Law Enforcement
  • Law Enforcement Officers
  • New York
  • Observation
  • Police
  • Statistics
  • United States
  • Vital Statistics

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Strategic Security Studies