Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, College for Health, Community & Policy, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States.
Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, College for Health, Community & Policy, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States.
Sleep Health. 2020 Aug;6(4):435-441. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2020.02.006. Epub 2020 Apr 16.
To examine the association between exposure to police stops and sleep behaviors and explore whether social stigma and post-traumatic stress might inform this association.
A sample of 3,444 U.S. youth from the most recent wave (2014-2017) of the Fragile Families & Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) was employed. Youth reported their sleep quantity and quality, exposure to vicarious and direct police stops, police intrusiveness during police stops, and experiences of social stigma and post-traumatic stress following the stop.
The findings suggest that youth reporting exposure to police stops exhibited significantly greater odds of sleep deprivation and low sleep quality. Among youth directly stopped by police, youth who reported intrusive police stops (e.g., frisking, harsh language, threat of force) reported significantly lower sleep quality. This association was attenuated to nonsignificance when social stigma and post-traumatic stress following the stop were taken into account.
Multi-sector teams should carefully consider the role that intrusive police stops might play in shaping adolescent sleep patterns and promote trauma-informed law enforcement practices.
探讨接触警察拦截与睡眠行为之间的关联，并探讨社会污名化和创伤后应激是否会影响这种关联。
本研究使用了最近一次（2014-2017 年）脆弱家庭与儿童福利研究（FFCWS）的 3444 名美国青少年样本。青少年报告了他们的睡眠量和睡眠质量、间接和直接接触警察拦截、警察在拦截过程中的侵扰程度，以及在被拦截后的社会污名化和创伤后应激经历。
研究结果表明，报告接触警察拦截的青少年表现出明显更大的睡眠剥夺和低睡眠质量的可能性。在直接被警察拦截的青少年中，报告警察侵扰性拦截（如搜身、严厉语言、威胁使用武力）的青少年报告的睡眠质量明显较低。当考虑到拦截后的社会污名化和创伤后应激时，这种关联减弱至无统计学意义。
多部门团队应仔细考虑警察拦截可能在塑造青少年睡眠模式方面所扮演的角色，并促进以创伤为中心的执法实践。
