Examining Historical and Contemporary Policing Disparities in the Black Community: Implications for Social Work.

Publisher: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 2984852R Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1545-6846 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00378046 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Soc Work Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: <2012-> : Cary, NC : Oxford University Press
Original Publication: New York : National Association of Social Workers

Police* ; Black or African American*; Male ; Humans ; Female ; United States ; Social Work ; Black People ; Violence

An alarming number of unarmed Black men and women have been killed by police in the United States. Though research suggests that police violence is not a new phenomenon in Black communities in the United States, several shocking high-profile incidents of unarmed Black people killed by police in recent years have catapulted this problem more sharply into our nation's consciousness. Despite recent efforts to engage in critical discourse about police violence against unarmed Black people in mainstream media and across multiple disciplines, limited research exists on the connection between historical and contemporary acts of police violence in Black communities. This article conducts a critical analysis of the extant literature on historical and contemporary policing in the Black community and identifies linkages between these time periods using critical race theory. This article concludes with implications for social work to combat the issue of police violence in Black communities.
(© 2022 National Association of Social Workers.)

Keywords: Black communities; United States; critical race theory; police violence; social work

Date Created: 20221108 Date Completed: 20221226 Latest Revision: 20230110

20231215

10.1093/sw/swac049

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