在警察使用武力遭遇中,不太致命的武器和平民受伤:一个多机构分析
Kevin Petersen1, Christopher S Koper2, Bruce G Taylor3
1Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA. kpeter58@charlotte.edu.
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
|November 11, 2024
概括
化学剂显著降低了警方使用武力的事件导致住院或死亡的风险. 然而,警察犬会增加受伤的风险,这表明需要向不那么严重的武力选择转变政策.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 法医科学 法医科学 法医科学
背景情况:
- 警方使用武力导致每年超过7万名平民受伤.
- 用不太致命的武器在警察遭遇期间减轻平民受伤的风险.
- 在减少伤害风险方面,各种不太致命武器的有效性缺乏共识.
研究的目的:
- 分析不同的不太致命武器在减少平民伤害和严重性方面的比较有效性.
- 评估与导电器件,化学剂,冲击武器和警察犬相关的受伤风险.
- 通过确定更安全的武器方式,为警察使用武力政策提供信息.
主要方法:
- 分析了来自17个执法机构的2348起使用武力的事件 (2015-2019).
- 与特定的不致命武器类型相关的伤害风险的统计评估.
- 控制军官,平民和情境变量以隔离武器效应.
主要成果:
- 与其他武器相比,化学药物与住院或死亡的风险明显较低.
- 警犬与所有伤害结果的显著更高风险有关.
- 预测的住院或死亡率:化学剂 (4%),导电器械 (13%),冲击武器 (16%) 和警察犬 (37%).
结论:
- 化学剂在减少警察使用武力事件中严重伤害的结果方面似乎最有效.
- 警犬在研究的武器类型中,对平民伤害的风险最高.
- 调查结果支持在警察使用武力政策中优先考虑不那么严重的武力模式,以加强平民安全.
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