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“Consistent with the racial-threat hypothesis, cities with a higher proportion of Black residents had a higher number of police-caused homicides.” & “Measures of minority representation [on police forces] had no significant influence on levels of police violence."

The Impact of Police Officer Diversity on Police-Caused Homicides The Impact of Police Officer Diversity on Police-Caused Homicides Displayed in Table 1 are the results of the Negative Binomial Regression analysis for all cities with 100,000 or more residents. Six of the 11 explanatory variables show significant relationships to police‐caused homicides. Displayed in Table 1 are the results of the Negative Binomial Regression analysis for all cities with 100,000 or more residents. Six of the 11 explanatory variables show significant relationships to police‐caused homicides.
The Impact of Police Officer Diversity on Police-Caused Homicides
Policy Studies Journal
Smith, Brad W.
Vol. 31 Issue 2, pp. 147–162, 2003
10.1111/1541-0072.t01-1-00009
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