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05/17/2024 at 10:30 PM
AASP499U
Advanced Topics in Public Policy and the Black Community; End Gun Violence: An Analysis of Structural Violence, Interpersonal Violence and Trauma in African-American Communities
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Gun violence is the leading cause of death and disability among African-American children and adult men between the ages of 15-44. Structural violence conceptualizes the ways social structures, institutions and systems are complicit in the harm of specific populations (e.g., shortened life expectancy among African Americans). These harms are often preventable. Structural and interpersonal violence, specifically community firearm violence, impacts the physical, psychological, social and emotional well-being, and quality of life of African-Americans, a demographic disproportionately impacted by the harms caused by structural and interpersonal violence. Using an interdisciplinary, structural justice and anti-racist approach this course examines the intersection of structuralviolence, interpersonal violence and trauma in African-American communities impacted by gun violence.