Title
Battered Police: Risk Factors For Violence Against Law Enforcement Officers
Keywords
Criminal event perspective; Law enforcement officers; Orlando; Police violence
Abstract
Although we hear more about violence committed by the police, violence against police officers is also a major problem in the United States. Using data collected from the Orlando, Florida Police Department files, this study examines situational variables, offender characteristics, and officer demographics that may correlate with violence directed at law enforcement officers. Logistic regression results indicate that battery against one or more police officers is significantly more likely when multiple officers are involved, when offenders are women, when offenders are larger than average as measured by body mass index (BMI), and when offenders are known to have recently consumed alcohol. We close with a discussion of policy implications and directions for future research. © 2014 Springer Publishing Company.
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Publication Title
Violence and Victims
Volume
29
Issue
1
Number of Pages
34-52
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-12-00022
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
84893782119 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84893782119
STARS Citation
Covington, Michele W.; Huff-Corzine, Lin; and Corzine, Jay, "Battered Police: Risk Factors For Violence Against Law Enforcement Officers" (2014). Scopus Export 2010-2014. 9749.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2010/9749