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Perspectives on police and guns among survivors of gun violence
study of post hospital experience of firearm violence victims
20 survivors who were all black men
recurring themes around police:
legal cynicism
“I don't like police, none of them”
interactions with the police in a medical setting
“The cops didn't make it any better”
ambivalence around police presence within the community
“That's their job to protect me, too.”
themes related to guns in the community
the availability of guns
“Getting a gun is about as easy as buying a pair of sneakers”
symbolic meaning
“Guns give them courage”
social meaning
“I just let them know: I have a gun, too”
strategic meaning
“It's just for protection”
“You live by the sword, you die by the sword.”
literature
gun violence epidemic disproportionally affects black men
surviving a gunshot wound makes it more likely to interact with the criminal justice system and get re-injured by a firearm
mental illness prevalence among gunshot wound survivors
Anderson's Code of the Streets: racialized alienation from formal institutions creates a need for informal code governing relations and violence
conclusions
distrust for the police
ecology of guns
wide availability
symbolic, social, strategic meanings of carrying guns
study design
qualitative descriptive study in New Haven
with secondary analysis from this data
transcripts were coded and quotes chosen
theoretical framework from prior literature about police relations and guns
taking place at trauma center
recruited using snowball sampling method
flyers in targeted areas looking for applicable subjects
interview w/ guide
questions about police: personal interactions and place within community
experience of sustaining wound and recieving care
thoughts about gun carrying