Perils of police action: a cautionary tale from US data sets

Conclusions
Healthcare administrative data sets can inform public debate about injuries resulting from legal police intervention. Excess per capita death rates among blacks and youth at police hands are reflections of excess exposure. International Classification of Diseases legal intervention coding needs revision.

Source: Injury Prevention - January 19, 2017 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Miller, T. R., Lawrence, B. A., Carlson, N. N., Hendrie, D., Randall, S., Rockett, I. R. H., Spicer, R. S. Tags: Editor's choice, Press releases Original article Source Type: research