Temporal and spatial shifts in gun violence, before and after a historic police killing in Minneapolis.
Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol
; 47: 100602, 2023 11.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the impact of the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN on firearm violence, and examine the spatial and social heterogeneity of the effect.METHODS:
We analyzed a uniquely constructed panel dataset of Minneapolis Zip Code Tabulation Areas from 2016-2020 (n = 5742), consisting of Minnesota Hospital Association, Minneapolis Police Department, Minneapolis Public Schools, Census Bureau, and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources data. Interrupted time-series and random effects panel models were used to model the spatiotemporal effects of police killing event on the rate of firearm assault injuries.RESULTS:
Findings reveal a rising and falling temporal pattern post-killing and a spatial pattern in which disadvantaged, historically Black communities near earlier sites of protest against police violence experienced the brunt of the post-killing increase in firearm assault injury. These effects remain after adjusting for changes in police activity and pandemic-related restrictions, indicating that rising violence was not a simple byproduct of changes in police behavior or COVID-19 response.CONCLUSIONS:
The results suggest that the increases in firearm violence as a result of police violence are disproportionately borne by underserved communities.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Armas de Fogo
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Violência com Arma de Fogo
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article