DM-FS: A Comprehensive Database on Death-Modulated Fatal Shootings

DM-FS enables the bidirectional exploration of fatal encounters. In other words, it allows others to investigate how deaths in one group, officers, modulate deaths in another, fatally shot civilians and vice-versa Recommended Instructions First, click on the \"Tree\" button near the bold \"Change View\" text, underneath the \"Files\" tab. This will make the repository legible. Second, there are three folders listed below. Click on the folder whose contents you wish to access and download the corresponding database. Civilians. This folder contains DM-FS Civilians, a database that can enable the exploration of how a civilian’s death affects the number of officers that other civilians kill each year, and under which circumstances. Officers.This folder contains DM-FS Officers, a database that enables the exploration of how an officer’s death affects the number of civilians other officers fatally shoot each year, and under which circumstances. Technical Validation Tables. This folder contains the various technical validation tables that appear in the DM-FS data descriptor. For most users, we recommend (i) reading the codebook and (ii) downloading the cleaned version of DM-FS. For more advanced users who wish to customize the database and apply their own filtering, we recommend downloading the full database. Changelog DM-FS will be updated with additional information, such as additional years or databases. Any additions or changes to the database will appear in the text below. ************************* Version 1.1 February 4, 2025 ************************* All tables within the \"Technical Validation\" folder were renamed to \"Repository Tables\" to avoid confusion with the in-text tables within the Scientific Data Dataset Descriptor. The \"Table Descriptions.txt\" file was likewise renamed to \"Repository Table Descriptions.txt,\" and the table names contained therein were updated appropriately. ************************* Version 1.0 January 16, 2025 ************************* This post represents the launch of the first full version of DM-FS. The version of DM-FS that appears below is therefore an exact copy of the one described in the Scientific Data dataset descriptor.