Research in Brief: Assessing the Relative Dangerousness of Various Call Types

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Research in Brief: Assessing the Relative Dangerousness of Various Call Types

Justin Nix, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO); Tara N. Richards, PhD, Assistant Professor, UNO; Gillian M. Pinchevsky, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; and Emily M. Wright, PhD, Professor, UNO

For decades, conventional wisdom has held that police officers face a greater risk of being assaulted, injured, or killed when responding to domestic incidents.