Some invited comments on an article by Julie Ward and team in AJPH
The police murder of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests in the summer of 2020 and revived claims that public outcry over such high-profile police killings perpetuated a violent *war on cops*. Using data collected by the Gun Violence Archive …
We look at 7 years of firearm assaults on US police officers and find that proximity to trauma care is not significantly associated with odds of survival.
At the 2021 ASC Conference, I present findings from my latest paper on police shootings with John Shjarback.
We compile nonfatal police shooting data from four states and find that some racial disparities are larger than previously thought.
We argue that Denver’s 2020 crime spike was likely the result of a police legitimacy crisis.
My brief review of Philip Stinson’s new book in the *Criminology Explains* series.
In my last post, I pointed out that shootings weren’t occurring less frequently in NYC in 2020 than in prior years, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. I was also careful not to jump to the conclusion that shootings had increased significantly.
That was June 3rd. Suffice it to say a lot has happened since then - including 624 additional shootings. Each of the last four years, NYC had fewer than 200 shootings from June to July.
I was invited to write a formal comment on a recent analysis of fatal police shootings in US MSAs.
We explore state-level variation and trends over time in gun assaults of police officers.
We explore state-level variation and trends over time in gun assaults of police officers.
On March 1, 2020, New York City reported its first confirmed case of COVID-19. Eleven days later, Mayor de Blasio declared a state of emergency. By mid-March, the most populous city in America had essentially shut down. Schools, libraries, gyms, theaters, churches and nightclubs closed. Major sporting events and concerts were cancelled. Restaurants were limited to take-out and delivery only. Non-essential gatherings of any size were prohibited, and New Yorkers were ordered to “shelter in place.
In a forthcoming paper in Criminology & Public Policy, Michael and I conducted an exploratory analysis of fatal and non-fatal firearm assaults on U.S police officers using six years of public data provided by the Gun Violence Archive. We adopted the following inclusion criteria:
Victim was a sworn officer employed by a local, state, or special jurisdiction law enforcement agency that routinely responds to calls for service (i.e., officers employed by town, city, or county agencies, sheriff’s departments, state agencies, tribal police, university police, transit police) Victim was on duty at the time of assault The bullet struck the victim’s person or his/her equipment (excluding vehicle) The bullet came from a real firearm (i.