Police violence and public health

JE DeVylder, DM Anglin, L Bowleg… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Despite their enormous potential impact on population health and health inequities, police
violence and use of excessive force have only recently been addressed from a public health …

[HTML][HTML] “We (still) charge genocide”: A systematic review and synthesis of the direct and indirect health consequences of police violence in the United States

R Haile, T Rowell-Cunsolo, MF Hyacinthe… - Social science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Building on historical and contemporary efforts to eliminate police and other forms of state
violence, and on the understanding that police violence is a social determinant of health, we …

“You do not think of me as a human being”: Race and gender inequities intersect to discourage police reporting of violence against women

MR Decker, CN Holliday, Z Hameeduddin, R Shah… - Journal of urban …, 2019 - Springer
Intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence (SV) are drivers of women's morbidity
and mortality in urban environments yet remain among the most underreported crimes in the …

Police encounters as stressors: Associations with depression and anxiety across race

S Alang, D McAlpine, M McClain - Socius, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Stress researchers have emphasized the relationship between social stress and mental
health. However, research investigating police brutality as a stressor is scarce. The authors …

Association of exposure to police violence with prevalence of mental health symptoms among urban residents in the United States

JE DeVylder, HJ Jun, L Fedina, D Coleman… - JAMA network …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Police violence is reportedly widespread in the United States and may pose a
significant risk to public mental health. Objective To examine the association between 12 …

An integrated public health approach to interpersonal violence and suicide prevention and response

MR Decker, HC Wilcox, CN Holliday… - Public Health …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Violence is a leading source of morbidity and mortality in the United States. In this article, we
suggest a public health framework for preventing community violence, intimate partner …

[LLIBRE][B] Theories of human development

BM Newman, PR Newman - 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
This bestselling textbook provides an engaging introduction to 11 major theories about
human development that continue to guide research, intervention, and practice. The theories …

Home was not a safe haven: women's experiences of intimate partner violence during the COVID-19 lockdown in Nigeria

OI Fawole, OO Okedare, E Reed - BMC women's health, 2021 - Springer
Background Emergency situations, including epidemics, increase incidence of violence
against women, especially intimate partner violence (IPV). This paper describes specific …

Mechanisms connecting police brutality, intersectionality, and women's health over the life course

S Alang, R Haile, R Hardeman… - American journal of …, 2023 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Police brutality harms women. Structural racism and structural sexism expose women of
color to police brutality through 4 interrelated mechanisms:(1) desecration of Black …

Police brutality, heightened vigilance, and the mental health of Black adults.

S Alang, C VanHook, J Judson, A Ikiroma… - Psychology of …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Objectives: To examine whether heightened vigilance partially explains associations
between police brutality, depressed mood, and generalized anxiety among Black adults …