A mixed-methods assessment of off-duty police shootings in a media-curated database

被引：1

作者：

Asabor, Emmanuella Ngozi ^{[1
,2
]}

Lett, Elle ^{[3
,4
]}

Mosely, Brein ^{[5
,6
,7
]}

Boone, Cheriko A. A. ^{[8
]}

Sundaresan, Saahil ^{[3
]}

Wong, Tian An ^{[9
]}

Majumder, Maimuna S. S. ^{[3
,10
]}

机构：

[1] Yale Univ, Yale Sch Med, New Haven, CT 06520 USA

[2] Yale Univ, Yale Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, New Haven, CT USA

[3] Boston Childrens Hosp, Computat Hlth Informat Program CHIP, Boston, MA USA

[4] Univ Penn, Perelman Sch Med, Philadelphia, PA USA

[5] Univ Illinois, Dept Stat, Urbana, IL USA

[6] Harvard Univ, Harvard Grad Sch Arts & Sci, Cambridge, MA USA

[7] Harvard Univ, Harvard Grad Sch Educ, Cambridge, MA USA

[8] George Washington Univ, Dept Psychol & Brain Sci, Washington, DC USA

[9] Univ Michigan, Dept Math & Stat, Dearborn, MI USA

[10] Harvard Med Sch, Dept Pediat, Boston, MA USA

来源：

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH | 2023年 / 58卷

基金：

美国国家科学基金会; 美国国家卫生研究院;

关键词：

intersectionality; intimate partner violence; media studies; police violence; racism; STRUCTURAL RACISM; BLACK; DISPARITIES; VIOLENCE; FORCE; WOMEN; RACE; USA;

D O I：

10.1111/1475-6773.14170

中图分类号：

R19 [保健组织与事业（卫生事业管理）];

学科分类号：

摘要：

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to examine rates of killings perpetrated by off-duty police and news coverage of those killings, by victim race and gender, and to qualitatively evaluate the contexts in which those killings occur. Data Sources and Study SettingWe used the Mapping Police Violence database to curate a dataset of killings perpetrated by off-duty police (2013-2021, N = 242). We obtained data from Media Cloud to assess news coverage of each off-duty police-perpetrated killing. Study DesignOur study used a convergent mixed-methods design. We examined off-duty policy-perpetrated killings by victim race and gender, comparing absolute rates and rates relative to total police-perpetrated killings. We also conducted race-gender comparisons of the frequency of news media reporting of these killings, and whether reporting identified the perpetrator as an off-duty officer. We conducted thematic analysis of the narrative free-text field that accompanied quantitative data using grounded theory. Principal FindingsBlack men were the most frequent victims killed by off-duty police (39.3%) followed by white men (25.2%), Hispanic men (11.2%), white women (9.1%), men of unknown race (9.1%), and Black women (4.1%). Black women had the highest rate of off-duty/total police-perpetrated killings relative to white men (rate = 12.82%, RR = 8.32, 95% CI: 4.43-15.63). There were threefold higher odds of news reporting of a police-perpetrated killing and the off-duty status of the officer for incidents with Black and Hispanic victims. Qualitative analysis revealed that off-duty officers intervened violently within their own social networks; their presence escalated situations; they intentionally obscured information about their lethal violence; they intervened while impaired; their victims were often in crisis; and their intervention posed harm and potential secondary traumatization to witnesses. ConclusionsPolice perpetrate lethal violence while off duty, compromising public health and safety. Additionally, off-duty police-perpetrated killings are reported differentially by the news media depending on the race of the victim.

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页码：207 / 217

页数：11