TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Militarization and police violence: the case of the 1033 program
JO  - Res. Politics
A1  - Delehanty, Casey
A1  - Mewhirter, Jack
A1  - Welch, Ryan
A1  - Wilks, Jason
SP  - UNSP 2053168017712885
EP  - UNSP 2053168017712885
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
N2  - Does increased militarization of law enforcement agencies (LEAs) lead to an increase in violent behavior among officers? We theorize that the receipt of military equipment increases multiple dimensions of LEA militarization (material, cultural, organizational, and operational) and that such increases lead to more violent behavior. The US Department of Defense 1033 program makes excess military equipment, including weapons and vehicles, available to local LEAs. The variation in the amount of transferred equipment allows us to probe the relationship between military transfers and police violence. We estimate a series of regressions that test the effect of 1033 transfers on three dependent variables meant to capture police violence: the number of civilian casualties; the change in the number of civilian casualties; and the number of dogs killed by police. We find a positive and statistically significant relationship between 1033 transfers and fatalities from officer-involved shootings across all models.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2053-1680
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2053168017712885
ID  - ref1
ER  -