Neighborhood Police Encounters, Health, and Violence in a Southern City

This study examines the relationships between neighborhood police stop-and-frisk encounters and both health outcomes and violence rates in New Orleans, in an ecological, cross-sectional study using local police report data, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, and US Census data.

Resource Details

• Topics of Practice: Policy Change/ Development
• Outcomes of Interest: Reduction of Health Disparities
• Level of Evidence: Emerging
• Tools or Materials Included in Resource: No
• Social Determinants of Health: Neighborhood and Built Environment|Social and Community Context
• Outside of US: No