Beyond Tuskegee to Middlesboro: How Perspectives of Policing Shape Vaccine Attitudes for Black Americans

• In Event: Policing and the Carceral State: Perceptions and Policy

Brief Overview

Recognizing the role of policing in supporting racial discrimination in the medical field, we demonstrate that police attitudes have a causal effect on vaccine skepticism and opposition to pro-vaccine policies among Black Americans.

Authors

• Aaron Rosenthal, Simmons University

• Matt Motta, Oklahoma State University

• Christina E. Farhart, Carleton College