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Health Criminology: Policing and Adolescent Health

Thu, Nov 14, 8:00 to 9:20am, Salon 10 - Lower B2 Level

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

The United States is currently navigating an era of proactive policing (e.g., increased patrolling in high-crime areas, the use of preemptive stops of citizens). While ostensibly designed to enhance community safety, proactive policing tactics can have adverse health consequences for members of the community – whether they are directly or vicariously impacted. These impacts, moreover, may be especially pronounced among adolescents, given their high rates of police stops – including intrusive stops – and the developmental sensitivity that characterizes this life stage. Using a variety of data sources – including both longitudinal and cross-sectional local and national quantitative data – the following presentations focus on the impacts of direct and vicarious police interactions on adolescent morbidity and mortality. Presentations also underscore the role of firearms in these relationships – either via shootings or exposure to officer gunpoint without shootings – and youth at the intersection of multiple vulnerable identities (e.g., youth of color with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities). Taken together, this set of groundbreaking studies highlights the need for additional research on the adolescent health sequelae of multiple types of adverse youth police exposures.

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Health Criminology Research Group