Analyzing Fatal Police Shootings: The Roles of Social Vulnerability, Race, and Place in the U.S.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Social vulnerability, race, and place are three important predictors of fatal police shootings. This research offers the first assessment of these factors at the zip code level.

Methods

The 2015-2022 Mapping Police Violence and Washington Post Fatal Force Data (2015-2022) were used and combined with the American Community Survey (2015-2022). The social vulnerability index (SVI) was computed for each zip code by using indicators suggested by CDC, then categorized into low-, medium-, and high-SVI. The analytical file included police officers who fatally shot 6,901 individuals within 32,736 zip codes between 2015 and 2022. Negative Binomial Regression (NBRG) models were run to estimate the association between number of police shootings and zip code SVI, racial comp

SUBMITTER: Zare H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11664635 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature