Book · 2017 · Social Science
When Police Kill
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One of the things I learned from your book which I learned a great deal one of the things I learned is that in 1985 the Supreme Court ruled that you can't use deadly force against someone fleeing.
The best things said about it
If you read the book and and there's quite a bit of careful empirical work in the book and my listeners know that I'm skeptical about a lot of statistical analysis.
The book that we're discussing When Police Kill is full of facts but not regression equations.
The central finding in the book which is what is it that threatens police lives is the classic good news bad news joke.
Why people recommend it
When Police Kill by Franklin E. Zimring investigates the circumstances, frequency, and regulation of lethal force used by law enforcement officers in the United States. On EconTalk, Russ Roberts and Franklin Zimring discussed the empirical findings and broader governance issues detailed in the text. Roberts commended the work for relying on rigorous empirical evidence rather than complex regression equations, noting that he learned a great deal from its careful analysis. The discussion highlighted a major Supreme Court ruling from 1985 that prohibited the use of deadly force against fleeing suspects. They also explored the book's central discovery regarding the actual threats faced by police officers on duty. Zimring addressed the wider implications of municipal policing, including the substantial budgets allocated to law enforcement agencies and the governance challenges facing the sector. Roberts concluded the episode by enthusiastically endorsing the publication for listeners seeking a factual, data-driven understanding of American policing.
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Russ Roberts i'm just telling i just want listeners who are who are um wondering about this is that you know if you read… 5
“he's the author of numerous books including when police kill which is the subject of today's conversation”
“so as you point out one of the things i learned from your book which i learned a great deal one of the things i learned is that in 1985 the supreme court ruled that you can't use deadly force against someone fleeing”
“yeah i i mean that the central finding in the book which is what is it that threatens police lives is the classic good news bad news joke”
“i'm just telling i just want listeners who are who are um wondering about this is that you know if you read the book and and there's quite a bit of careful empirical work in the book and my listeners know that i'm skeptical about a lot of statistical analysis”
“my guest today has been frank zimmering his book is when police kill frank thanks for being part of econtalk”
Franklin Zimring look that's there are all kinds of you know you paid me the compliment of saying that the book that we're d… 2
“look that's there are all kinds of you know you paid me the compliment of saying that the book that we're discussing when police kill is full of facts but not regression equations”
“one of them is the nature intensity and uh and budgeting of municipal policing in the united states that's an important question and their budgets are quite large i know and it looks like there are a uh a mass of these pretty fundamental aspects of the current governance of policing that are at risk”