Smigelsky Melissa A, Neimeyer Robert A, Murphy Virginia, Brown DeAndre, Brown Vinessa, Berryhill Anthony, Knowlton Joy
Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2016;10(4):533-539. doi: 10.1353/cpr.2016.0061.
Police-community relations have catapulted onto the national stage after several high-profile instances of alleged police brutality. Blame and hostility can be barriers to positive police-community relations. Playback is a form of audience-inspired, improvisational theater designed to promote connectivity and empathy through storytelling.
We tested the feasibility and acceptability of an arts-based intervention, bringing together police officers and formerly incarcerated individuals from the same community in Memphis, Tennessee.
We collected pre/post quantitative data from five police officers and five ex-offenders who took part in the intervention, as well as qualitative data to provide contextual information.
The project was feasible and acceptable to participants. Participants showed gains in their ability to make meaning of stressful life experiences. The officers and ex-offenders showed parallel gains in their increased positive attitudes toward the other group.
This study demonstrates that creating contexts of safety and understanding necessary to address relational problems is both feasible and acceptable to law enforcement and ex-offenders.
在几起备受瞩目的警察暴行指控事件之后，警察与社区的关系已跃升至国家层面。指责和敌意可能成为警察与社区建立积极关系的障碍。回放是一种受观众启发的即兴戏剧形式，旨在通过讲故事促进联系和同理心。
我们测试了一种基于艺术的干预措施的可行性和可接受性，该措施将田纳西州孟菲斯市同一社区的警察和曾被监禁的人员聚集在一起。
我们收集了参与干预的五名警察和五名前罪犯的定量前后数据，以及定性数据以提供背景信息。
该项目对参与者来说是可行且可接受的。参与者在理解压力性生活经历的能力方面有所提高。警察和前罪犯对另一组的积极态度都有类似的提升。
本研究表明，营造解决关系问题所需的安全和理解环境，对执法人员和前罪犯来说都是可行且可接受的。
