Police Shootings Python Library
From the CORGIS Dataset Project
By Dennis Kafura (kafura@vt.edu), Joung Min Choi, Bo Guan
Version 0.0.2, created 9/15/2021
Tags: violence, crime, violent, police, shootings, race, location, time
Overview
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/how-the-washington-post-is-examining-police-shootings-in-the-united-states/2016/07/07/d9c52238-43ad-11e6-8856-f26de2537a9d_story.html
https://github.com/washingtonpost/data-police-shootings
Explore Structure
Each row represents a fatal shooting in the US since 2015.
| Index | Type | Example Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | dict | { } |
| 1 | dict | (same structure) |
| 2 | dict | (same structure) |
| ... | ... | ... |
| Key | Type | Example Value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
"Person" |
dict | { } | |
"Incident" |
dict | { } | |
"Factors" |
dict | { } | |
"Shooting" |
dict | { } |
| Key | Type | Example Value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
"Name" |
str |
"Tim Elliot"
|
Full name of the individual or "Unknown" if not reported |
"Age" |
int |
53
|
Age in years of the individual or 0 (zero) if not reported |
"Gender" |
str |
"Male"
|
One of Male, Female, or Unknown |
"Race" |
str |
"Asian"
|
One of Asian, African American, White, Hispanic, Native American, Other, or Unknown. |
| Key | Type | Example Value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
"Month" |
int |
1
|
Month (1-12) in which the shooting occurred |
"Day" |
int |
2
|
Day (1-31) in which the shooting occurred |
"Year" |
int |
2015
|
Year (2015-2019) in which the shooting occurred |
"Full" |
str |
"2015/01/02"
|
Date in which shooting occurred (Year/Month/Day) |
| Key | Type | Example Value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
"City" |
str |
"Shelton"
|
Name of city in which the shooting occurred |
"State" |
str |
"WA"
|
Name of U.S. State in which the shooting occurred |
| Key | Type | Example Value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
"Armed" |
str |
"gun"
|
Description of any weapon carried by the person (.e., "gun", "knife", "unarmed"); value is "unknown" if not reported. |
"Mental-Illness" |
bool |
True
|
True if factors of mental illness were perceived in the person; False otherwise |
"Threat-Level" |
str |
"attack"
|
Threat of person as perceived by police. One of "attack", "undetermined", or "other"; value is "unknown" if not reported. |
"Fleeing" |
str |
"Not fleeing"
|
Means by which person was fleeing (e.g., "Car", "Foot") or "Not fleeing"; value is "unknown" if not reported. |
| Key | Type | Example Value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
"Manner" |
str |
"shot"
|
Manner of person's death: one of "shot" or "shot and Tasered". |
"Body-Camera" |
bool |
True
|
True if police body camera recorded incident; False otherwise. |
Downloads
Download all of the following files.
Usage
import police_shootings
shootings = police_shootings.get_shootings()
Documentation
- get_shootings()
- Returns a list of dictionaries representing Shootings.