Assessing Data Completeness, Quality, and Representativeness of Justifiable Homicides in the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports: A Research Note.

Brian Karl FinchKyla ThomasAudrey N BeckD Brian BurghartDavid KlingerRichard R Johnson

Published in: Journal of quantitative criminology (2021)

We conclude that the SHR data is of dubious value for assessing correlates of police homicides in the United States, as all analyses using it will reflect these widespread biases and significant undercounts. Analysis of SHR data for these purposes should cease.

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