Validating the National Violent Death Reporting System as a Source of Data on Fatal Shootings of Civilians by Law Enforcement Officers.

Objectives. To evaluate the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) as a surveillance system for fatal shootings of civilians by law enforcement in the United States. Methods. We cross-linked individual-level mortality data from the 2015 NVDRS and 5 open-source data sets (FatalEncounters.org...

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Published in:	American Journal of Public Health Vol. 109; no. 4; pp. 578 - 585
Main Authors:	Conner, Andrew, Azrael, Deborah, Lyons, Vivian H., Barber, Catherine, Miller, Matthew
Format:	Article
Published:	American Public Health Association Apr2019
Subjects:	United States Death Police Public health Public health surveillance Shootings (Crime)
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost