The topic of the chosen article is the risk of being killed by police in the United States. The authors analyze data from previous deaths that involved police use of force. They divide these numbers according to several social groups based on age, ethnicity/race, and sex. As a result, they determine how these characteristics increase or decrease the risk of being killed in situations involving police (1).
The authors perform calculations for several categories based on their characteristics. In connection to the topic, they find that Latino men are at a higher risk than white people of being killed by police use of force. However, the statistics also show that Latina women are less likely to be killed than white people overall. More than that, Latina men are not in the group of highest risk. Nevertheless, in young men of color, including Latina men, the cause of death from police is among the highest (1).
This article’s investigation is similar to the chosen topic of Hispanic and Latino individuals in several ways. First, the authors include Latino as a category of race/ethnicity and determine this group’s risk of being killed by police. Second, the research is concerned with fatal encounters with police. The main research question discusses the risk of Latino men and women’s death by police use of force.
However, the paper differs from the topic because its research is broad. The writers include many characteristics, such as age and sex, and also look at several races and ethnicities – African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and white groups. Therefore, the center of the investigation is a comparison of risks between the groups. As a result, the calculations for Hispanic and Latina individuals are further separated into men and women and young and older people.
Bibliography
Edwards, Frank, Hedwig Lee, and Michael Esposito. “Risk of being killed by police use of force in the United States by age, race–ethnicity, and sex.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116, no. 34 (2019): 16793-16798.