This dataset contains records of every fatal police shooting by an on-duty officer since January 1, 2015. It includes information about the shooting incidents, the characteristics of the individuals involved, and details such as mental illness signs, body camera usage, and more. This dataset is valuable for analyzing trends and patterns in fatal police shootings in the United States.
Usage
data(police_shootings_tbl_df)Format
A tibble with 6,421 observations and 12 variables:
- date
Date of the shooting (Date).
- manner_of_death
How the individual died (character).
- armed
Indicates if the individual was armed (character).
- age
Age of the individual (numeric).
- gender
Gender of the individual (character).
- race
Race of the individual (character).
- city
City where the shooting occurred (character).
- state
State where the shooting occurred (character).
- signs_of_mental_illness
Whether the individual showed signs of mental illness (logical).
- threat_level
Perceived threat level of the individual (character).
- flee
Whether the individual was fleeing (character).
- body_camera
Whether the officer was wearing a body camera (logical).
Details
The dataset name has been changed to 'police_shootings_tbl_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the crimedatasets package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'tbl_df' indicates that the dataset is a tibble, which is a modern version of a data frame in R. The original content has not been modified in any way.