Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Athabasca University, Athabasca, AB T9S 3A3, Canada.
Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H4, Canada.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 23;19(17):10503. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191710503.
In recent years, police violence has amassed notable international attention from the public, practitioners, and academics alike. This paper explores experiences and perceptions of police violence in Canada, documenting the impacts of direct and vicarious experiences of police violence on inner-city residents. The study employed semi-structured interviews with 45 community members across three Toronto inner-city neighbourhoods. Using a general interview prompt guide, participants were asked a range of questions about their experiences with and perceptions of police, and particularly, of police violence in their community. The interviews were audio recorded, transcribed, thematically coded, and analyzed. All participants reported direct and/or vicarious experiences of police violence, and most described experiencing long-standing, and continual fear that police contact would result in harm to them. Further, participants described a variety of serious and negative outcomes associated with experiencing and/or witnessing police violence. Police violence in Canada is a public health issue that requires an integrated public health policy approach to address the negative outcomes associated with direct and vicarious police violence exposure.
近年来，警察暴力行为引起了公众、从业者和学者的广泛关注。本文探讨了加拿大警察暴力行为的经历和看法，记录了直接和间接经历警察暴力行为对城市内居民的影响。该研究采用半结构化访谈的方式，在多伦多三个城市内社区采访了 45 名社区成员。使用一般访谈提示指南，要求参与者回答一系列关于他们与警察的经历和看法的问题，特别是他们社区中的警察暴力问题。访谈进行了录音、转录、主题编码和分析。所有参与者都报告了直接和/或间接经历警察暴力的情况，大多数人表示长期以来一直持续担心与警察接触会对他们造成伤害。此外，参与者还描述了与经历和/或目睹警察暴力相关的各种严重和负面后果。加拿大的警察暴力行为是一个公共卫生问题，需要采取综合公共卫生政策方法来解决与直接和间接警察暴力行为接触相关的负面后果。
