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When Zip Codes Predict Lives Lost: The Links Between Social Vulnerability, Race, and Police Violence

We’ve written before about police violence. What if where you lived determined your likelihood of a fatal encounter with the police? This startling reality is what a recent study reveals, uncovering the intersection of social vulnerability, race, and geography in shaping the tragic statistics of fatal police shootings. From 2015 to 2022, nearly 7,000 lives […]

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Society

The Complex Drivers Behind Fatal Police Shootings

Police violence in the United States is an urgent issue that demands our attention. Every year, thousands of individuals are fatally shot by law enforcement officers, and the impact of these events disproportionately affects communities of color. But what drives these tragic incidents? Are they random occurrences, or is there a pattern tied to the […]

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Health equity

The Urgent Need for Comprehensive Data on Police-Related Shootings

Public health practitioners, policymakers, and concerned citizens alike should take note of a groundbreaking study, “National Burden of Injury and Deaths From Shootings by Police in the United States, 2015‒2020,” recently published in the American Journal of Public Health. This in-depth analysis not only illuminates the annual incidence of injuries and fatalities resulting from police […]

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Research

The Public Health Implications of Police Violence

The article “Police Violence and Public Health“, published in the Annual Reviews of Clinical Psychology, delves deep into the multifaceted impact of police violence on public health, particularly within marginalized communities in the U.S. This insightful piece not only uncovers the disturbing prevalence of police violence but also its profound implications on mental and physical […]

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