Police killings and suicide among Black Americans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4599331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ilias Kyriopoulos (0000-0002-3932-8228, London School of Economics and Political Science), Sotiris Vandoro (0000-0002-9458-4988, King's College London, corresponding author), Ichiro Kawachi (0000-0003-3579-4456, Harvard University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 305 |
| Pages | 114964 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science & Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114964 |
| PMID | 35660700 |
| OpenAlex | W4226450952 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 47 |
Black Americans are killed at higher rates by police than whites. Previous studies have shown that discrimination can lead to suicidal ideation, and that mental health of Black Americans deteriorates after police killings. The objective of this study is to examine whether police killings are associated with an increase in suicide rates amongst Black Americans. Controlling for a number of factors, we found that on months with at least one killing of a Black person by police, there were, on average, 0.0472 additional suicides per 100,000 Black Americans in the U.S. Census Division where the killing occurred. We did not find any spillover effects on other divisions. This association persisted when controlling for gun ownership, and did not seem to be a result of variance in deaths by assault. There was no association between killings of Black Americans and white suicides; white killings and Black suicides; or white killings and white suicides. This study highlights another reason for urgent action on reducing police killings
Criminology · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Sociology · Suicidal ideation · Suicide prevention · White (mutation · Demography · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
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A qualitative examination of how direct and indirect police violence shapes perceptions of police, sense of safety, and the mental health of Black adults in Chicago
The Effects of Police Violence on Inner-City Students
Risk of being killed by police use of force in the United States by age, race–ethnicity, and sex
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Police killings and their spillover effects on the mental health of black Americans
Association of Exposure to Police Violence With Prevalence of Mental Health Symptoms Among Urban Residents in the United States
Perceived Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Mental Health
Structural racism and health inequities in the USA
Race and Economic Opportunity in the United States
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Elevated Prevalence of Suicide Attempts among Victims of Police Violence in the USA
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Impact of law enforcement-related deaths of unarmed black New Yorkers on emergency department rates, New York 2013–2016
Negative Police Encounters and Police Avoidance as Pathways to Depressive Symptoms Among US Black Men, 2015–2016
Police Brutality and Black Health
Understanding Police Violence as a Mutual Problem
Aggressive Policing and the Mental Health of Young Urban Men
Trust in the Health Care System and the Use of Preventive Health Services by Older Black and White Adults
Experiencing racial microaggressions influences suicide ideation through perceived burdensomeness in African Americans
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The Association Between Perceived Discrimination and Allostatic Load in the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study
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Firearm Availability and Fatal Police Shootings
Emergency Department visits for depression following police killings of unarmed African Americans
Aggressive Policing and the Educational Performance of Minority Youth
The Prevalence, Distribution, and Mental Health Correlates of Perceived Discrimination in the United States
Police Encounters as Stressors
Family Matters
Police Brutality and Mistrust in Medical Institutions
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |