An experimental test of the contagious fire thesis in policing

John DeCarlo, Eric Dlugolenski and David Myers

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2024, vol. 93, issue C

Abstract: This randomized experiment investigated the “contagious fire” thesis, which was first empirically investigated by White and Klinger (2012). They were the first to empirically investigate the notion, which had been widely discussed in and around Policing. The thesis posits that in deadly force scenarios, police officers are prone to use their firearms and discharge more rounds following the catalyst of peer officer gunfire.

Keywords: Contagious fire; Contagion shooting; Deadly force; Human factors; Policing; Police-officer-involved shootings; Reflexive fire; Sympathetic fire; Use of force (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2024.102215

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