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

Socpus ID

84893782119 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84893782119

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