致命的执法人员与青少年互动的描述性流行病学,2010-2020年
James H Price1, Erica Payton Foh2
1University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 43606, USA. jprice@utnet.utoledo.edu.
Journal of community health
|June 12, 2023
概括
执法人员 (LEO) 在2010-2020年期间致命射杀了330名青少年,对城市地区的老年黑人男性产生了不成比例的影响. 致命的LEO与青少年的相互作用大幅增加,导致大量的潜在生命失去了.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 有限的人口研究存在于执法人员 (LEO) 对青少年使用致命武力的情况.
- 了解这些悲惨事件的人口结构和情况对于制定有针对性的干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了描述最有可能被LEO杀害的青少年.
- 为了确定致命的LEO-teen相互作用中使用的方法.
- 分析这些事件的地理分布和潜在生命损失年数 (YPLL80).
主要方法:
- 采用CDC基于Web的伤害统计查询和报告系统 (WISQARS) 的数据从2010-2020年进行的横截面研究.
- 分析的重点是涉及LEO和13-19岁的个体的致命武力事件.
主要成果:
- 在研究期间,LEO与330名青少年发生了致命的遭遇.
- 受害者主要是年长的青少年 (18-19岁,64.2%),男性 (94.2%) 和非西班牙裔黑人 (45.8%),通常在大都市地区 (90.0%).
- 青少年被LEO杀害的比例增加了267%,与YPLL80 (共20,575) 相应的263%上升.
结论:
- 致命的LEO青少年遭遇,特别是枪击事件显著增加,不成比例地影响特定的人口统计,导致大量生命失去了.
- 缓解需要长期的警察转型,包括对招聘和培训的政策变化,以及对警察互动的公共教育.
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