Covington Michele W, Huff-Corzine Lin, Corzine Jay
Violence Vict. 2014;29(1):34-52. doi: 10.1891/0886-6708.vv-d-12-00022.
Although we hear more about violence committed by the police, violence against police officers is also a major problem in the United States. Using data collected from the Orlando, Florida Police Department files, this study examines situational variables, offender characteristics, and officer demographics that may correlate with violence directed at law enforcement officers. Logistic regression results indicate that battery against one or more police officers is significantly more likely when multiple officers are involved, when offenders are women, when offenders are larger than average as measured by body mass index (BMI), and when offenders are known to have recently consumed alcohol. We close with a discussion of policy implications and directions for future research.
虽然我们更多地听说警察实施的暴力行为，但在美国，针对警察的暴力也是一个重大问题。本研究利用从佛罗里达州奥兰多市警察局档案中收集的数据，考察了可能与针对执法人员的暴力行为相关的情境变量、犯罪者特征和警察人口统计学特征。逻辑回归结果表明，当涉及多名警察、犯罪者为女性、犯罪者的体重指数（BMI）高于平均水平以及已知犯罪者最近饮酒时，殴打一名或多名警察的可能性显著更高。我们最后讨论了政策含义和未来研究方向。
