TY - JOUR
T1 - Nice guys finish last
T2 - A critical review of Killed in the Line of Duty
AU - King, William R.
AU - Sanders, Beth A.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - In 1992, the FBI published the report Killed in the Line of Duty: A Study of Selected Felonious Killings of Law Enforcement Officers. This study of 51 incidents in which law enforcement officers were killed, reported on the personality and characteristics of those who murder law enforcement officers, the types of officers who were killed and factors which contribute to officer deaths. Unfortunately, this study suffers from methodological shortcomings in sample selection and the method of data collection that make the findings suspect. By comparing the results of the FBI study to previous research and other data on police homicides, it appears that some of the FBI's findings are methodological artifacts and not accurate depictions of law enforcement officer homicides.
AB - In 1992, the FBI published the report Killed in the Line of Duty: A Study of Selected Felonious Killings of Law Enforcement Officers. This study of 51 incidents in which law enforcement officers were killed, reported on the personality and characteristics of those who murder law enforcement officers, the types of officers who were killed and factors which contribute to officer deaths. Unfortunately, this study suffers from methodological shortcomings in sample selection and the method of data collection that make the findings suspect. By comparing the results of the FBI study to previous research and other data on police homicides, it appears that some of the FBI's findings are methodological artifacts and not accurate depictions of law enforcement officer homicides.
KW - Crime
KW - Law
KW - Methodology
KW - Police
KW - Reports
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0347768867&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1108/13639519710169207
DO - 10.1108/13639519710169207
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0347768867
SN - 1363-951X
VL - 20
SP - 392
EP - 407
JO - Policing: An International Journal
JF - Policing: An International Journal
IS - 2
ER -
