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Title Arrest-related deaths : statistics and coverage assessments / Miranda Houston, editor
Published New York : Novinka, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series Criminal justice, law enforcement and corrections
Criminal justice, law enforcement and corrections.
Contents ARREST-RELATED DEATHS STATISTICS AND COVERAGE ASSESSMENTS ; ARREST-RELATED DEATHS STATISTICS AND COVERAGE ASSESSMENTS ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 ARREST-RELATED DEATHS, 2003-2009 -- STATISTICAL TABLES ; Highlights; Manner of Death; Decedent Characteristics; Manner of Death and Decedent Characteristics; Incident Circumstances; Law Enforcement Agency Characteristics; Methodology; Defining Deaths "in the Process of Arrest"; Exclusions; Role of State Reporting Coordinators; Program Coverage; Chapter 2 ASSESSMENT OF COVERAGE IN THE ARREST-RELATED DEATHS PROGRAM ; Executive Summary
Arrest-Related Deaths Program AssessmentMethodology Review and Coverage Assessment; Conclusion; End Notes; Chapter 3 ARREST-RELATED DEATHS PROGRAM ASSESSMENT: TECHNICAL REPORT* ; Executive Summary; 1. Background; 2. Methodology; 2.1. Probabilistic Case-Level Linking; 2.1.1. Calculation of Similarity Scores; 2.1.2. Thresholds for Matching; 2.1.3. Linking Algorithm; 2.1.4. Monte Carlo Replication; 2.2. Capture-Recapture Analytic Approach; 2.2.1. Simple Poststratified Lincoln-Petersen Approach; 2.2.1.1. Assumptions; 2.2.1.2. Strengths and Limitations
2.2.2. Poststratified Lincoln-Petersen Approach with Constant Ratio Adjustment for Unobserved Agencies2.2.2.1. Assumptions; 2.2.2.2. Strengths and Limitations; 2.2.3. Data Assumptions and Coverage Estimate Implications; 3. Findings; 3.1. Arrest-Related Death Coverage; 3.2. Variability in ARD Methodology across States; 3.2.1. ARD Law Enforcement Homicide Reporting Methodology; 3.2.2. Location of SRC; 3.3. Number of Years at Least One Death Was Reported to ARD and SHR; 4. Conclusions and Recommendations; 4.1. Relative Strengths and Weaknesses of the ARD Program Methodology
4.1.1. Types of Cases That Were Covered Well by the ARD Program4.1.2. Identification Approaches That Are Associated with Better Coverage; 4.2. Recommendations; 4.3. Study Limitations; References; Appendix A: Similarity Scoring for ARD/SHR Matching Introduction; Introduction; Continuous Variables; Categorical Variables; Calculating the Overall Score; Appendix B: Linking Algorithm; Estimate the Agency Population Size and Agency Undercoverage Adjustment Factor; Classify Cases as Matchable or Unmatchable; Probabilistic Linking between ARD and SHR; Recombine Cases
Stratify by Individual-Level CharacteristicsEstimate population size and Variance by Stratum; Estimate Population Size; Adjust Population Size for Agency Undercoverage; Estimate ARD Coverage; Replication; Appendix C: Race/Hispanic Origin Coding; Hispanic Origin in the SHR; End Notes; INDEX; Blank Page
Notes Includes index
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 18, 2016)
Subject Police shootings -- United States
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Police shootings
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Houston, Miranda, editor
ISBN 9781634849937
1634849930