David Hemenway, Deborah Azrael, Andrew Conner, Matthew Miller in Journal of Urban Health October 11, 2018 The USA has very high rates of homicide by police compared to other high-income countries, with approximately 1000 civilians killed annually. The overwhelming majority of these police homicides are fatal shootings. This study, relying on cross-sectional state-level analysis, uses … Continue reading Variation in Rates of Fatal Police Shootings across US States: the Role of Firearm Availability