Index

Inequality, Crime, and Health Among African American Males

ISBN: 978-1-78635-052-7, eISBN: 978-1-78635-051-0

ISSN: 0195-7449

Publication date: 14 December 2018

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(2018), "Index", Inequality, Crime, and Health Among African American Males (Research in Race and Ethnic Relations, Vol. 20), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 229-235. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0195-744920180000020012

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INDEX

African American male murder rates
, 147, 148

Age-adjusted suicide rate
, 97–99

Age-graded theory
, 16

“Aging boomers” theory
, 139

Akathisia
, 78

American Association of Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) guidelines
, 40

Anti-Black force
, 150

Atypical neuroleptics
, 78

Black masculinity
, 210

Brown’s social economic status
, 216–217

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study
, 103

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
, 138

technical package
, 114, 115

Cigarette smoking

arrest rates and histories
, 46

blood-borne illnesses
, 36

chronic health conditions
, 36

criminal justice system
, 36

drug-related charges
, 36

Eighth Amendment standard
, 46, 47

health-care staff
, 49

incarceration

and oral health
, 37–39

and physical health
, 37

limitations
, 47

methods

criminal justice, regression analysis
, 43–45

data collection
, 40

dependent variables
, 40–42

descriptive characteristics
, 43

independent variables
, 40, 42

linear regression analyses
, 42

multinomial logistic regression
, 42–43

National Survey of American Life (NSAL)
, 40

ordinary least squares regression analysis
, 42

self-rated health
, 43

sociodemographic characteristics
, 42

Taylor expansion approximation technique
, 43

multiple chronic health problems
, 46

prevention and treatment
, 36

risks and resources
, 48–49

smoking relapse
, 47

treatments
, 47

Collective consciousness
, 187, 188, 202

black communities
, 196

characteristics
, 191

definition
, 191

fatal incidents
, 194

Grand Rapids Police Department
, 197

health issue
, 198–201

information and autopsy reports
, 191

law enforcement
, 197

negative health outcomes
, 195

organic solidarity
, 193

systemic police terror
, 192, 193, 197

Connectedness
, 116

“Crack is wack” thesis
, 140

Cultural social isolation
, 24

Culture-specific beliefs
, 113

Death penalty
, 136

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
, 77

Drug-induced parkinsonism
, 78

Eighth Amendment standard
, 46, 47

Electroconvulsive therapy
, 78

Emotional labor and emotion work
, 187–188

management of
, 189

negative health outcomes
, 187

policing outcomes
, 188

social structure
, 190

Emotional trauma
, 76

Fear-inducing behaviour
, 84

Federal Bureau of Prisons
, 38

Federal Communications Commission
, 18

Ferguson Police Department
, 210

Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study
, 19

Framing physicality and public safety

Black masculinity
, 210

Brown’s social economic status
, 216–217

content analysis
, 213

death rates
, 208

exclusion criteria
, 216

Ferguson Police Department
, 210

frame analysis
, 214–215

health consequences
, 208

hegemonic masculinity
, 213–214

intersectionality
, 213

Lexis Nexis database
, 215

limitations and strengths
, 224

mass media
, 214

media framing
, 214

NVivo 10 qualitative analysis software
, 216

policing and black men
, 210–212

race-police-perception-health-status feedback loop
, 209

social science literature
, 222

socioeconomic background
, 221

Wilson’s social, economic status
, 217–218

Wilson’s testimony
, 219–221

working-class neighborhood
, 222

Gatekeeper training
, 116–117

Gendered racism

criminal justice outcomes
, 157

cultural forces and mechanisms
, 157

federal database
, 156

institutional racism
, 160–161

Mapping Police Violence
, 156–157

negative race- and gender-based stereotypes
, 159

public safety and public health, police role
, 161–163

racial ideologies
, 158

racism, definition
, 158

stereotypes and myths
, 158

structural racism
, 158

unarmed Black men, police-involved shootings
, 156

criminal justice system
, 165

decision-making
, 166

“fear of life”
, 165

inequities
, 163

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
, 164

violent responses
, 165

unarmed White Americans rate
, 157

Grand Rapids Police Department
, 197

“Happy pill thesis”
, 139

Homicide death

“abortion filter”
, 139

African American male murder rates
, 148, 149

African Americans populations
, 142, 143

“aging boomers” theory
, 139

anti-Black force
, 150

Black gender gap
, 135

cause
, 129, 130, 136

CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
, 138

crime rates
, 140, 141

dead and missing black babies

abortions vs. US population
, 132

fertility rates
, 132, 133

infant mortality rate
, 131

death penalty
, 136

death rate, Black men
, 145

death-related facts
, 135

government-sanctioned segregation policy
, 151

“happy pill thesis”
, 139

“immigration and gentrification” thesis
, 140, 141

incarceration and early deaths
, 135

Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System
, 137

investigation
, 128

“lead hypothesis”
, 139

murder rate drop
, 144

National Vital Statistics System
, 138

peak homicide rates and percentage decline
, 144

percentage differences
, 147, 149–150

“police on the beat” theory
, 140

“prison boom” thesis
, 140

pro-immigration thesis
, 141

psychological abuse
, 151

“roaring ’90s, and Obamamania”
, 140

“tech thesis”
, 139

US murder rates
, 138, 139

US population
, 129, 130

“Immigration and gentrification” thesis
, 140

Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System
, 137

Insulin coma therapy
, 78

“Justifiable homicides”

blackness and black-maleness
, 172–173

health disparities
, 180

Public Health Critical Race Praxis (PHCRP)

contributions
, 179

intersectional framework
, 179

principles
, 178

systemic and structural barriers
, 178

research methods
, 181

social determinants
, 180

social institution
, 180

violence

interracial violence
, 173–174

public health problem
, 173

self-defense doctrines
, 174

social control
, 174

social media
, 175–178

US violent crime rate
, 174

Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
, 175

Law enforcement
, 197

“Lead hypothesis”
, 139

Lexis Nexis database
, 215

Linear regression analysis
, 42

Logistic regression models
, 59, 62, 63

Macrosystem

collateral consequences
, 24

cultural social isolation
, 24

economic and social benefits
, 22

evidence documents
, 23

policies and initiatives
, 23

post-civil rights
, 23

prison system and structural inequalities
, 23

racial segregation
, 22

residential segregation
, 24

state-sanctioned mechanism
, 24

structural disorganization
, 24

Mapping Police Violence
, 156–157

Mental Health Foundation
, 89

Meso/ecosystem

education systems

exclusionary school discipline, juvenile justice outcomes
, 19

health behaviors
, 20

incarceration rates
, 20

levels
, 20

non-incarcerated parents
, 20

paternal and maternal incarceration
, 21

policies and practices
, 19

post-release employment
, 19

practices and outcomes
, 19

programs
, 19

recidivism
, 19

school exclusion
, 19

school-to-prison pipeline
, 19

social resources
, 20

healthcare systems
, 21–22

Microsystem

age-graded theory
, 16

criminal justice
, 17

disciplinary reports
, 17–18

family disruption
, 19

indirect effects, imprisonment
, 18

marital functioning
, 17

marriage and parenthood research
, 17

parental incarceration impacts
, 18

Multinomial logistic regression
, 42–43

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program
, 100

National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
, 114

National Survey of American Life (NSAL)
, 39, 40

National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)
, 54

National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
, 100

National Vital Statistics System
, 138

NVivo 10 qualitative analysis software
, 216

Odds ratios
, 60, 63

Oral health

black markets
, 39

cosmetic dental problems
, 37

Federal Bureau of Prisons
, 38

incarcerated populations
, 37

incarceration and
, 37–38

inmates report
, 37

second-hand smoke
, 37

smoke-free prison policies
, 39

tobacco policy
, 38

Ordinary least squares regression analysis
, 42

“Police on the beat” theory
, 140

“Prison boom” thesis
, 140

Program on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
, 56

Psychosis

akathisia effect
, 78

atypical neuroleptics
, 78

biologistic approach
, 76

carceral confinement
, 86–87

case study
, 74

diagnosis

“Black culture”
, 81

first-rank psychotic symptoms
, 81

psychological consequences, racism
, 81, 82

rates of
, 80

“White culture”
, 81

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
, 77

drug-induced parkinsonism
, 78

electroconvulsive therapy
, 78

emotional trauma
, 76

hallucinations and delusions
, 76

insulin coma therapy
, 78

life experiences
, 75

Mental Health Foundation
, 89

mental illness
, 76, 88

myths and stereotypes
, 75

bipolar disorder
, 85

characteristics
, 84

fear-inducing behaviour
, 84

institutional violence
, 85

mental health professionals
, 84

neuroleptics
, 85

neurochemical imbalance
, 77

neuroleptics usage
, 77

racism and vulnerability
, 83

schizophrenia rates
, 74

scientific and pseudoscientific discourses
, 87

selective destigmatization
, 76

sexual abuse
, 79

shock therapies
, 78

social death
, 80

societal attitudes
, 75

“ voice hearers”
, 88

Public Health Critical Race Praxis (PHCRP)
, 181

contributions
, 179

intersectional framework
, 179

principles
, 178

systemic and structural barriers
, 178

Public safety and public health, police role
, 161–163

Racial segregation
, 22

Regression analysis, criminal justice
, 43–45

Residential segregation
, 24

Schizophrenia. See Psychosis

School-to-prison pipeline
, 19

Self-directed violence
, 96, 117

Self-rated physical health and oral health
, 43, 46

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

demographic and behavioral factors
, 57

dependent variable
, 60

incarceration status, respondents percentage
, 62

independent variables
, 60

limitations
, 68

logistic regression models
, 59

results
, 62, 63

mass incarceration and racial disparities

criminal justice system
, 54

employment problems
, 55

health-care resources
, 55

health outcomes
, 56

Program on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
, 56

short- and long-term consequences
, 55

multivariate analysis
, 59

National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)
, 54

near-zero coefficient
, 60

non-random sample design
, 57–58

odds ratios
, 60, 63

operationalizations

age
, 58

age at first sex
, 58

anal sex
, 59

concurrent partners
, 59

condom use
, 59

core members
, 59

drug use
, 59

education
, 58

income
, 58

marital status
, 58

MSM
, 59

periphery members
, 59

racial background
, 58

racial bridge
, 59

risky partner
, 59

percentage distribution
, 60, 61

predicted probabilities
, 64–67

sample data
, 57–58

sexual network factors
, 56–57

social inequalities
, 54

Social ecological framework

direct pathways
, 9

economic disadvantage
, 8

empirical examinations
, 9

high-income countries
, 8

human development
, 10

macrosystem
, 11

(See also Macrosystem)

meso/exosystem
, 10, 11

(See also Meso/exosystem)

microsystem
, 10

(See also Microsystem)

illness and mortality
, 8

incarcerated vs. non-incarcerated persons
, 8

individual-level health effects
, 10

age-standardized prevalence
, 11

chronic conditions
, 11–12

criminal injustice
, 16

criminological theory
, 12

employment discrimination
, 16

equal access healthcare system
, 10, 14–15

health following release
, 10, 15–16

hypertension and diabetes population
, 12

noninstitutionalized population
, 12

obesity prevalence
, 12

prison life deprivation
, 10, 13–14

population-based survey
, 9

prison population
, 8

stress-related process
, 9

State-sanctioned mechanism
, 24

STIs. See Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

Suicidal behavior

age-adjusted suicide rate
, 97–99

by age group and circumstances
, 104, 109–111

alcohol usage
, 112

“black suicide”
, 97

circumstance information
, 104–106

culture-specific beliefs
, 113

death causes
, 97, 98

depression/dysthymia diagnosis
, 112

descriptive analysis
, 96

health-care worker
, 113

method and location
, 104, 107–108

morbidity and mortality
, 119

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program
, 100

National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
, 100

non-fatal suicide attempts
, 98

prevention strategies

access and delivery, suicide care
, 115

CDC’s technical package
, 114, 115

connectedness
, 116

economic supports
, 114

evidence-based
, 118

gatekeeper training
, 116–117

lessen harms
, 117

National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
, 114

online prevention education
, 117

protective environments creation
, 115–116

public health approach
, 113

resources communities
, 114

teaching coping and problem-solving skills
, 116

psychological autopsy studies
, 112

racial discrimination and oppression
, 96

risk and protective factors
, 96, 97

age and sex differences
, 102

at-risk populations
, 104

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study
, 103

cultural influences
, 100

depressive symptoms
, 102

economic and social inequities
, 101

epidemiological data
, 100

interpersonal and community violence
, 101

monitoring and research
, 103

risk factors
, 101

social and cultural factors
, 102

source documents
, 103

toxicology analysis
, 101

risk factor
, 112

sadness and depression
, 96

self-devaluation
, 96

self-directed violence
, 96, 117

suicidal ideation
, 100

surveillance system
, 113

US hospital emergency departments
, 100

years of potential life lost (YPLL)
, 98

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
, 100

Systemic police terror
, 192, 193, 197

Taylor expansion approximation technique
, 43

“Tech thesis”
, 139

Unarmed Black men, police-involved shootings
, 156

criminal justice system
, 165

decision-making
, 166

“fear of life”
, 165

inequities
, 163

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
, 164

violent responses
, 165

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
, 164

University of Michigan Institutional Review Board
, 40

Violence

interracial violence
, 173–174

public health problem
, 173

self-defense doctrines
, 174

social control
, 174

social media
, 175–178

US violent crime rate
, 174

Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
, 175

Years of potential life lost (YPLL)
, 98

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
, 100