Samuel A. Kuhn is a third-year law student at Yale Law School in New Haven, CT, where he is an Affiliated Fellow of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies. He received his B. A. from Cornell University (2014) in Ithaca, NY. Tracey L. Meares, J.D., is the Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law and Founding Director of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School. She received her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and her B.S. from the University of Illinois.
J Law Med Ethics. 2020 Dec;48(4_suppl):39-46. doi: 10.1177/1073110520979400.
This qualitative study identifies police interactions with gun violence co-victims as a crucial, overlooked component of police unresponsiveness, particularly in minority communities where perceptions of police illegitimacy and legal estrangement are relatively high. Gun violence co-victims in three cities participated in online surveys, in which they described pervasive disregard by police in the aftermath of their loved ones' shooting victimization. We build on the checklist model that has improved public safety outcomes in other complex, high-intensity professional contexts to propose a checklist for police detectives to follow in the aftermath of gun violence. To build the checklist, we also reviewed the general orders of five police departments to better understand what guidance, if any, is currently given to police personnel regarding how they should interact with gun violence victims.
这项定性研究指出，警察与枪支暴力共同受害者之间的互动是警察反应迟钝的一个关键且被忽视的因素，尤其是在少数族裔社区，那里对警察合法性和法律隔离的看法相对较高。来自三个城市的枪支暴力共同受害者参与了在线调查，他们在调查中描述了警察在亲人遭受枪击后的普遍漠视。我们借鉴了已经在其他复杂、高强度的专业环境中改善公共安全结果的清单模式，提出了一个枪支暴力发生后的警察侦探清单。为了构建清单，我们还审查了五个警察部门的一般命令，以更好地了解目前是否有任何关于警察人员应如何与枪支暴力受害者互动的指导。
