Validating open-source data on fatal police shootings against self-reports from a national sample of police agencies
Open-source data on fatal police shootings are largely accurate but should be used cautiously, particularly in agency-level analyses. Coordinated efforts by police agencies, open-source compilers, and other researchers could potentially improve the accuracy of data on fatal police shootings.
Authors
- Bruce G. Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8115-1438)
- Christopher S. Koper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4793-3628)
- Gretchen Baas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4749-1495)
- Jackie Sheridan-Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4417-4670)
- Weiwei Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4441-3950)
Institutions
- George Mason University (US)
- Georgia Southern University (US)
- National Opinion Research Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Injury Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-10-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-025-00625-6
- Primary Topic
- Policing Practices and Perceptions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00