TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Assault of police
JO  - Crime and delinquency
A1  - Bierie, David M.
SP  - 899
EP  - 925
VL  - 63
IS  - 8
N2  - The assault of law enforcement officers is an important but understudied topic. To better understand this form of violence, this study drew on the National Incident-Based Reporting System--the nation's largest data set tracking assaults against police alongside detailed information on situations surrounding attacks. Risk factors were examined within a fixed-effects logistic regression framework via a case-control method in which all incidents involving assault against police (n = 20,140) were compared with a random sample of arrest encounters that did not involve this form of aggression (n = 20,118). The data showed that a number of victim, offender, and situational characteristics predicted violence against officers, and the models were able to explain a substantial portion of the variance. Implications for research are discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0011-1287
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128715574977
ID  - ref1
ER  -