Affiliation:
1. Jordan DeVylder is with the Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University, New York, NY. Lisa Fedina is with the University of Michigan School of Social Work, Ann Arbor. Bruce Link is with the School of Public Policy and Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside.
Abstract
Police violence has increasingly been recognized as a public health concern in the United States, and accumulating evidence has shown police violence exposure to be linked to a broad range of health and mental health outcomes. These associations appear to extend beyond the typical associations between violence and mental health, and to be independent of the effects of co-occurring forms of trauma and violence exposure. However, there is no existing theoretical framework within which we may understand the unique contributions of police violence to mental health and illness. This article aims to identify potential factors that may distinguish police violence from other forms of violence and trauma exposure, and to explore the possibility that this unique combination of factors distinguishes police violence from related risk exposures. We identify 8 factors that may alter this relationship, including those that increase the likelihood of overall exposure, increase the psychological impact of police violence, and impede the possibility of coping or recovery from such exposures. On the basis of these factors, we propose a theoretical framework for the further study of police violence from a public mental health perspective.
Publisher
American Public Health Association
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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