An intersectional analysis of historical and contemporary structural racism on non-fatal shootings in Baltimore, Maryland.

ABSTRACT: Introduction Non-fatal shooting rates vary tremendously within cities in the USA. Factors related to structural racism (both historical and contemporary) could help explain differences in non-fatal shooting rates at the neighbourhood level. Most research assessing the relationship between structural racism and firearm violence only includes one dimension of structural racism. Our study uses an intersectional approach to examine how the interaction of two forms of structural racism is associated with spatial non-fatal shooting disparities in Baltimore, Maryland. Methods We present three additive interaction measures to describe the relationship between historical redlining and contemporary racialized economic segregation on neighbourhood-level non-fatal shootings. Results</

SUBMITTER: Uzzi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9877125 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature