Some invited comments on an article by Julie Ward and team in AJPH
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.
Correcting 91 misclassified incidents renders Bor et al.’s (2018) key finding non-significant.
**Research Summary**: We administered a survey experiment to a national sample of 1,068 US adults in April 2020 to determine the factors that shape support for various policing tactics in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Respondents were sharply …
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.
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.
Correcting 91 misclassified incidents renders Bor et al.'s (2018) key finding non-significant.