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Investing in the Frontlines: Why Trusting and Supporting Communities of Color Will Help Address Gun Violence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 January 2021

Amber K. Goodwin  and
TJ Grayson
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Abstract

This article proposes potential strategies to address gun violence in communities of color while identifying the harms associated with a policing-centered, criminal legal approach. In addition to highlighting the dangers associated with the United States' current criminal legal tactics to reduce gun violence in these communities, the authors advocate for community-endorsed strategies that give those impacted by this issue the resources to take on gun violence in their own communities. Specifically, they identify, describe, and endorse a series of violence prevention programs that rely on community relations to detect and prevent incidents of gun violence and that view gun violence as a public health rather than criminal legal issue.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 48 , Issue S4: Gun Violence in America: An Interdisciplinary Examination , Winter 2020 , pp. 164 - 171
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2020

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