Citation

Alvarez A. Violence Vict. 1992; 7(4): 347-356.

Affiliation

Department of Criminal Justice, Northern Arizona University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Springer Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1308440

Abstract

This paper reports the first national level analysis of police and citizen justifiable homicides for a twelve year period. Utilizing data from the Comparative Homicide File, trends and characteristics of police and citizen justifiable homicides are described and reviewed. Particular emphasis is given to comparing justifiable homicides to criminal homicides. The results establish that while similar to criminal homicide, police and citizen justifiable homicides differ significantly in terms of factors such as circumstance, relationship, weapons, and racial characteristics.

Language: en