Policing, Community Fragmentation, and Public Health: Observations from Baltimore

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 93, Issue , 2016, Pages 154-167

  Gomez, Marisela B ^a  

^a Social Health Concepts   (United States)

Author keywords

Baltimore; Community fragmentation; Police violence; Policing; Public health; Racial profiling; Racism; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MARYLAND; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACISM; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84954167235     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-015-0022-9     Document Type: Article

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