Judge, jury, and executioner: organizational factors that affect police use of lethal force

There currently exists an empirical gap in our knowledge of organizational factors as they relate to police use of lethal force. As a result of waning interest in macrolevel policing studies over the last three decades, the majority of our understanding of lethal force is derived from studies that specifically focus on microlevel factors (such as officer race or suspect behavior). The present study examined the relationship between organizational variables and the number of self-reported instances of lethal force by law enforcement officers. Departmental variables, jurisdictional characteristics, and the number of lethal force incidents reported annually were collected from law enforcement agencies across the United States (N=424) using a sampling frame provided by Institute for Law and Justice. Findings show that there is a limited working relationship between organizational factors and the use of lethal force. Implications of these findings and suggestions for future organizational research are discussed.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• Cooney, Mikaela

Contributors dc:contributor

• Bumphus, Vic
• Iles, Gale; Thompson, Roger
• College of Arts and Sciences

• Police shootings

Licence

• https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en

Language dc:language

English, eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/235

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1375