Replication data for: Racial Differences in Police Use of Force: Evidence from the 1960s Civil Disturbances

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Jamein P. Cunningham; Rob Gillezeau

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Project Citation: 

Cunningham, Jamein P., and Gillezeau, Rob. Replication data for: Racial Differences in Police Use of Force: Evidence from the 1960s Civil Disturbances. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2018. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114493V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary There is little empirical evidence as to whether protests against policy brutality impact the behavior of police forces. We seek to close this gap by considering the impact of the racial civil disturbances in the 1960s and 1970s on deaths by legal intervention using an event study approach. In the first three years after a protest in a county, police killings of white Americans increase by 0.4–1.0 annually in impacted counties and killings of non-whites increase by 0.7 annually. In subsequent years, the impact on killings of white Americans disappears while the impact on killings of non-whites persists.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Historical
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
      K42 Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/1960 – 1/1/1988
Universe:  View help for Universe Counties in the United States
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) aggregate data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source Vital Statistics, UCR, County and City Data Books
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation County,

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