Use of force
Contacts Between Police and the Public, 2020
Date Published
November 2022
Publication Type
Publication
Contacts Between Police and the Public, 2018 - Statistical Tables
Date Published
December 2020
Publication Type
Publication
DE FY 2020 NCHIP
2020-RU-BX-K014
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$182,858
2020 Wyoming State Justice Statistics Award
2020-86-CX-K020
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$208,020
Less Lethal Force Policy and Police Officer Perceptions: A Multisite Examination
Date Published
October 2013
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Ohio Statistical Analysis Center
2019-86-CX-K022
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2019
$52,500
Contacts Between Police and the Public, 2015
Date Published
October 2018
Publication Type
Publication
Increasing Access to Statistical Data in Tennessee SJS FY 2018
2018-86-CX-K022
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2018
$59,757
Fingerprint Record Expansion to Include MCDV Fields and Central Booking Center Expansion
2017-RU-BX-K020
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$1,371,330
Ohio Statistical Analysis Center
2017-BJ-CX-K004
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$45,274
Increasing Access to Statistical Data in Tennessee
2017-BJ-CX-K019
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2017
$64,782
2016 Arizona NICS Records Improvement Program
2016-NS-BX-K010
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$1,117,414
Police Use of Nonfatal Force, 2002-11
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REPORT: FROM 2002-11 BLACKS WERE 2.5 TIMES MORE LIKELY THAN WHITES TO EXPERIENCE NONFATAL FORCE BY POLICE
WASHINGTON – In a study released today by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), an annual average of 44 million U.S...
Police Use of Nonfatal Force, 2002-11
Date Published
November 2015
Publication Type
Publication
Use of force
The amount of effort required by law enforcement to gain compliance from an unwilling subject.
Use of excessive force
The application of force beyond what is reasonably believed to be necessary to gain compliance from a subject in any given incident.
Non-deadly or less-lethal force
The level of force required to gain compliance that is not known to or intended to create serious bodily harm or death.
Excessive use of force
The application of lawful use of force in too many separate incidents.