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    Developing a Common Metric for Evaluating Police Performance in Deadly Force Situations in the United States, 2009-2011

    Metadata Updated: March 12, 2025

    This study developed interval-level measurement scales for evaluating police officer performance during real or simulated deadly force situations. Through a two-day concept mapping focus group, statements were identified to describe two sets of dynamics: the difficulty (D) of a deadly force situation and the performance (P) of a police officer in that situation. These statements were then operationalized into measurable Likert-scale items that were scored by 291 use of force instructors from more than 100 agencies across the United States using an online survey instrument. The dataset resulting from this process contains a total of 685 variables, comprised of 312 difficulty statement items, 278 performance statement items, and 94 variables that measure the demographic characteristics of the scorers.

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    Metadata Created Date March 12, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date March 12, 2025

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 12, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date March 12, 2025
    Publisher National Institute of Justice
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2014-06-18T09:54:22
    Language eng
    Data Last Modified 2014-06-18T10:15:23
    Rights These data are restricted due to the increased risk of violation of confidentiality of respondent and subject data.
    Public Access Level restricted public
    Aicategory Not AI-ready
    Bureau Code 011:21
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    License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Metadatamodified 9/2/2022 6:22:00 PM
    Program Code 011:060
    Publisher Hierarchy Office of Justice Programs > National Institute of Justice
    Sourceidentifier https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR33141
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 2725ede0c656a6e56cf11a988535f6bd574b333b1949c9a76632c0ab82685406
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