National Estimates of Police Use of Force

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Joel Garner, Portland State University; Matthew Hickman, Seattle University; Ron Malega, Missouri State University; Christopher Maxwell, Michigan State University. College of Social Science

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Project Citation: 

Garner, Joel, Hickman, Matthew, Malega, Ron, and Maxwell, Christopher. National Estimates of Police Use of Force. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2017-12-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/E101132V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This project uses data on police use of force reported in the 2012 LEMAS Survey and, in combination with arrest data from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, produces a national estimates of the amount of force used by the state, county, and local general purpose law enforcement agencies during in 2012.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Police Use of Force; Police Use of Deadly Force; LEMAS 2012
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage National
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data

Methodology

Response Rate:  View help for Response Rate The 2012 LEMAS survey had an 86% response rate.
Sampling:  View help for Sampling Local police departments and sheriffs’ offices are chosen for the LEMAS Survey using a stratified sample design based on number of
sworn personnel. The original 2013 LEMAS sample included 3,336 state and local law enforcement agencies. It was designed to be
representative of all general purpose state and local law enforcement agencies in the United States, with separate samples drawn of
local police departments and sheriffs’ offices. All 50 primary state law enforcement agencies (state police and highway patrol) were
included. Agencies serving special jurisdictions (such as schools, airports, or parks), or with special enforcement responsibilities (such
as conservation laws or alcohol laws), were considered out of scope for the survey.

See ICPSR Study 36164 Codebook for additional details.

BJS has not provided a list of agencies sampled but which did not respond to this survey.

Data Source:  View help for Data Source 2012 BJS LEMAS Survey
Collection Mode(s):  View help for Collection Mode(s) web-based survey
Weights:  View help for Weights See documentation in codebook for ICPSR Study 36164

Base Sampling Weight for Each Stratum
Non-Response Adjustment for Stratum
Final Weight for Each Stratum

Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation law enforcement agency
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit Varied

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