Description/Abstract
The overuse of police force has public health implications. The rates of injury and death sustained while in law enforcement custody should be collected as a part of the public health strategy to minimize the over-use of force.
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Document Type
Issue Brief
Keywords
police brutality, law enforcement, use of force
Disciplines
Other Public Health | Race and Ethnicity | Social Justice
Date
7-27-2020
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Acknowledgements
Mary Helander acknowledges Dr. Jennifer Prutsman-Pfeiffer, instructor of the course FSC 651 Forensic Pathology, which motivated this brief. Both authors thank Dr. Shannon Monnat and Megan Ray for helpful edits and Lerner Center staff for publication and dissemination efforts.
Recommended Citation
Helander, Mary E. and McNeill Brown, Austin, "The Public Health Crisis of Law Enforcement’s Over-Use of Force" (2020). Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion: Population Health Research Brief Series. 24.
https://surface.syr.edu/lerner/24
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