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Relationships, resources, and political empowerment: community violence intervention strategies that contest the logics of policing and incarceration
Community violence—defined as unsanctioned violence between unrelated individuals in public places—has devastating physical, psychological, and emotional consequences on individuals, families, and communities. Immense investments in policing and incarceration in the United States have neither preven...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10149693/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37139383 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1143516 |
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author | Dawson, Mia Karisa Ivey, Asia Buggs, Shani |
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description | Community violence—defined as unsanctioned violence between unrelated individuals in public places—has devastating physical, psychological, and emotional consequences on individuals, families, and communities. Immense investments in policing and incarceration in the United States have neither prevented community violence nor systemically served those who have been impacted by it, instead often inflicting further harm. However, the logics that uphold policing and incarceration as suitable or preventative responses to community violence are deeply ingrained in societal discourse, limiting our ability to respond differently. In this perspective, we draw from interviews with leading voices in the field of outreach-based community violence intervention and prevention to consider alternative ways to address community violence. We begin by demonstrating that policing and incarceration are distinguished by practices of retribution, isolation, and counterinsurgency that are counterproductive to the prevention of community violence. Then, we identify alternative practices of outreach-based community violence intervention and prevention that include (1) fostering safety nets through relationships among individuals, families, and neighborhoods, (2) fighting poverty and increasing access to resources, and (3) building political capacity among organizations to transform the broader systems in which they are embedded. They also include accountability practices that are preventative and responsive to the needs of those who are harmed. We conclude that elevating the language, narratives, and values of outreach-based community violence intervention and prevention can transform our responses to violence, interrupt cycles of harm, and foster safer communities. |
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spelling | pubmed-101496932023-05-02 Relationships, resources, and political empowerment: community violence intervention strategies that contest the logics of policing and incarceration Dawson, Mia Karisa Ivey, Asia Buggs, Shani Front Public Health Public Health Community violence—defined as unsanctioned violence between unrelated individuals in public places—has devastating physical, psychological, and emotional consequences on individuals, families, and communities. Immense investments in policing and incarceration in the United States have neither prevented community violence nor systemically served those who have been impacted by it, instead often inflicting further harm. However, the logics that uphold policing and incarceration as suitable or preventative responses to community violence are deeply ingrained in societal discourse, limiting our ability to respond differently. In this perspective, we draw from interviews with leading voices in the field of outreach-based community violence intervention and prevention to consider alternative ways to address community violence. We begin by demonstrating that policing and incarceration are distinguished by practices of retribution, isolation, and counterinsurgency that are counterproductive to the prevention of community violence. Then, we identify alternative practices of outreach-based community violence intervention and prevention that include (1) fostering safety nets through relationships among individuals, families, and neighborhoods, (2) fighting poverty and increasing access to resources, and (3) building political capacity among organizations to transform the broader systems in which they are embedded. They also include accountability practices that are preventative and responsive to the needs of those who are harmed. We conclude that elevating the language, narratives, and values of outreach-based community violence intervention and prevention can transform our responses to violence, interrupt cycles of harm, and foster safer communities. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10149693/ /pubmed/37139383 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1143516 Text en Copyright © 2023 Dawson, Ivey and Buggs. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Dawson, Mia Karisa Ivey, Asia Buggs, Shani Relationships, resources, and political empowerment: community violence intervention strategies that contest the logics of policing and incarceration |
title | Relationships, resources, and political empowerment: community violence intervention strategies that contest the logics of policing and incarceration |
title_full | Relationships, resources, and political empowerment: community violence intervention strategies that contest the logics of policing and incarceration |
title_fullStr | Relationships, resources, and political empowerment: community violence intervention strategies that contest the logics of policing and incarceration |
title_full_unstemmed | Relationships, resources, and political empowerment: community violence intervention strategies that contest the logics of policing and incarceration |
title_short | Relationships, resources, and political empowerment: community violence intervention strategies that contest the logics of policing and incarceration |
title_sort | relationships, resources, and political empowerment: community violence intervention strategies that contest the logics of policing and incarceration |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10149693/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37139383 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1143516 |
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