2023 article
Police-perpetrated racism and health in African American and Black communities
Hoggard, L. S., & Lutchman, M. T. (2023, August 26). SOCIAL AND PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY COMPASS.
author keywords: African American and Black communities; health equity; mental health; physical health; police violence; police-perpetrated racism; racial justice
open access via onlinelibrary.wiley.com (publisher PDF)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Added: September 11, 2023
AbstractThis brief review article focuses on police‐perpetrated racism against African American and Black (AAB) communities, typically in the form of police brutality, police violence, and aggressive policing. We assert that police‐perpetrated racism constitutes a racial justice and public health problem. A growing body of literature supports this assertion, with the consequences and correlates of direct police contact, vicarious police contact, and place‐based exposure to aggressive policing including mental health (e.g., anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, trauma) and physical health (e.g., poorer self‐rated health, hypertension) sequelae. We assert that eradicating police‐perpetrated racism requires acknowledgement of the historical landscape of policing as well as the ways in which police‐perpetrated racism maintains racial hierarchies. We conclude by making recommendations for promoting racial equity in policing.