Police Violence: Reducing the Harms of Policing Through Public Health–Informed Alternative Response Programs

Police violence is a public health issue in need of public health solutions. Reducing police contact through public health–informed alternative response programs separate from law enforcement agencies is one strategy to reduce police perpetration of physical, emotional, and sexual violence. Such pro...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of public health (1971) Jg. 113; H. S1; S. S37 - S42
Hauptverfasser: Spolum, Maren M., Lopez, William D., Watkins, Daphne C., Fleming, Paul J.
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: United States American Public Health Association 01.01.2023
Schlagworte:
African Americans
Aggression
Alternatives
American Indians
Analytic s
Black people
Clinical outcomes
Community
Criminalization
Crisis intervention
Drug abuse
Drug use
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical care
Funding
Government
Health disparities
Health problems
Health Promotion
Health services
Health status
Humans
Injury/Emergency Care/Violence
Latin American cultural groups
Law Enforcement
Law enforcement agencies
LGBTQ people
Mental Health
Mental health care
Minority & ethnic groups
Non-binary gender
Nonviolence
Police
Police brutality
Police departments
Policing
Prevention
Prevention programs
Program implementation
Prostitution
Public Health
Public Health Practice
Public Health Workers
Racism
Research & Analysis
Residents
Sex crimes
Sex industry
Sex workers
Sex Workers - psychology
Sexual assault
Sexual violence
Social exclusion
Teams
Transgender persons
United States
Violence
Violence - prevention & control
White people
United States
United States > US
ISSN:0090-0036, 1541-0048, 1541-0048
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Zusammenfassung:Police violence is a public health issue in need of public health solutions. Reducing police contact through public health–informed alternative response programs separate from law enforcement agencies is one strategy to reduce police perpetration of physical, emotional, and sexual violence. Such programs may improve health outcomes, especially for communities that are disproportionately harmed by the police, such as Black, Latino/a, Native American, and transgender communities; nonbinary residents; people who are drug users, sex workers, or houseless; and people who experience mental health challenges. The use of alternative response teams is increasing across the United States. This article provides a public health rationale and framework for developing and implementing alternative response programs informed by public health principles of care, equity, and prevention. We conclude with recommendations for public health researchers and practitioners to guide inquiries into policing as a public health problem and expand the use of public health–informed alternative response programs. (Am J Public Health. 2023;113(S1):S37–S42. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307107 )
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M. M. Spolum and P. J. Fleming wrote the first draft of the article and reviewed and revised the article. W. D. Lopez and D. C. Watkins contributed to the editing and revising of the article. All of the authors conceptualized the main points of the article.
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ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2022.307107