TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Dissecting the complexities of the relationship between police officer-civilian race/ethnicity dyads and less-than-lethal use of force
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Jetelina, Katelyn K.
A1  - Jennings, Wesley G.
A1  - Bishopp, Stephen A.
A1  - Piquero, Alex R.
A1  - Reingle Gonzalez, Jennifer M.
SP  - 1164
EP  - 1170
VL  - 107
IS  - 7
N2  - OBJECTIVES: To examine how sublethal use-of-force patterns vary across officer-civilian race/ethnicity while accounting for officer-, civilian-, and situational-level factors. <br><br>METHODS: We extracted cross-sectional data from 5630 use-of-force reports from the Dallas Police Department in 2014 and 2015. We categorized each officer-civilian interaction into race/ethnicity dyads. We used multilevel, mixed logistic regression models to evaluate the relationship between race/ethnicity dyads and the types of use of force. <br><br>RESULTS: Forty-eight percent of use-of-force interactions occurred between a White officer and a non-White civilian (White-non-White). In bivariate models, the odds of hard-empty hand control and intermediate weapon use were significantly higher among White-Black dyads compared with White-White dyads. The bivariate odds of intermediate weapon use were also significantly higher among Black-Black, Hispanic-White, Black-Hispanic, and Hispanic-Black dyads compared with White-White dyads. However, after we controlled for individual and situational factors, the relationship between race/ethnicity dyad and hard-empty hand control was no longer significant. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Although we observed significant bivariate relationships between race/ethnicity dyads and use of force, these relationships largely dissipated after we controlled for other factors. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print May 18, 2017: e1-e7. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.303807).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2017.303807
ID  - ref1
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