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Characterizing perceived police violence: Implications for public health

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  • Cooper, H.
  • Moore, L.
  • Gruskin, S.
  • Krieger, N.

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Despite growing recognition of violence's health consequences and the World Health Organization's recent classification of police officers' excessive use of force as a form of violence, public health investigators have produced scant research characterizing police-perpetrated abuse. Using qualitative data from a study of a police drug crackdown in 2000 in 1 New York City police precinct, we explored 40 injection drug using and 25 non-drug using precinct residents' perceptions of and experiences with police-perpetrated abuse. Participants, particularly injection drug users and non-drug using men, reported police physical, psychological, and sexual violence and neglect; they often associated this abuse with crackdown-related tactics and perceived officer prejudice. We recommend that public health research address the prevalence, nature, and public health implications of police violence.

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  • Cooper, H. & Moore, L. & Gruskin, S. & Krieger, N., 2004. "Characterizing perceived police violence: Implications for public health," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 94(7), pages 1109-1118.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:2004:94:7:1109-1118_0
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