Contextualizing Police Use of Force and Black Vulnerability: A Response to Whitesel

Hitchens, Brooklynn K.

doi:10.1111/socf.12338

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“…Scholars have focused on how a culture of impunity directs violence against marginal subjects, normalizing their deaths to advance the necropolitics of the state (Mbembe, 2003;Wright, 2011). The operation of sovereign power intersects with structural violence to construct unequal life chances for marginal subjects (Hitchens, 2017;Mbembe, 2003). We add to these conversations about the intersection of neoliberalism and necropolitics in public health by indicating that public health violence is related to a language of war that structures a state of exception with respect to the health-related crisis.…”

Section: Ill With the Virus And The Horror Of Becoming A Disposable Bodymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Still, no information was made available to his wife about his death. The Dalit patient’s death in the hospital shows how “structural violence is the systemic harm embedded in the socio-economic structure of society, creating unequal power and life chances” (Hitchens, 2017: 437). The disposability of the Dalit patient’s life is related to his wife’s precariousness as she has to search for a means of livelihood to protect her children from starvation and hunger.…”

Section: Pandemic Marginalities and The Neoliberal Consolidation Of T...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Stigmatic stereotypes about marginal subjects with health ailments and a history of mental illness structure tropes of demonization in the public imagination (Hitchens, 2017). These tropes of demonization normalize the murderous ways in which state actors engage with them (Hitchens, 2017). Public health processes reproduce the segregation and marginalization of vulnerable subjects and enact a necropolitics where “a form of precarious citizenship becomes visible only in the event of tragic death and provides a fleeting experience of political visibility for the citizens involved” (Alunni, 2017: 582).…”

Section: Theoretical Framework: Neoliberalism and The Structuring Of ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…At the same time, their bodies were being experimented upon, leading to fatal consequences (Reverby, 2014). Stigmatic stereotypes about marginal subjects with health ailments and a history of mental illness structure tropes of demonization in the public imagination (Hitchens, 2017). These tropes of demonization normalize the murderous ways in which state actors engage with them (Hitchens, 2017).…”

Section: Neoliberalism and Public Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The necropolitics of neoliberal state response to the Covid-19 pandemic in India

Jagannathan

Rai

2021

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We draw from the experience of the Covid-19 pandemic in India to outline that the neoliberal consolidation of the state is enabled by precariousness, violence, and inequality in overlapping planes of marginality. The pandemic showed the abysmal state of public health institutions in India as people experienced an erosion of dignity in both life and death. The harsh and sudden lockdown announced by the Indian state rendered workers jobless, hungry, exhausted, and on the borders of death. Instead of providing social security to workers, the state embarked on a neoliberal agenda of deregulation, weakening job security, and collective bargaining legislation. The state enacted a violent discourse of Hindu nationalism to blame Muslims for the spread of the pandemic in India to deflect attention from its abdication of responsibility in making healthcare and social security available to vulnerable segments of the Indian population. The neoliberal policy response of the state during the pandemic was embedded in the necropolitics of protecting the middle class and elite lives while directing structural violence against the working class and Muslims, making their lives disposable.

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Section: Ill With the Virus And The Horror Of Becoming A Disposable Bodymentioning

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Section: Pandemic Marginalities and The Neoliberal Consolidation Of T...mentioning

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The necropolitics of neoliberal state response to the Covid-19 pandemic in India

Jagannathan

Rai

2021

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“…Depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suicidal behaviour are often found in police officers, particularly those who have spent many years in the force. 5 Many police officers become traumatised as they witness community violence, motor vehicle accidents and shootings, some of which have taken the life of their peers. 3,6,7 Stress among the SAPS officers has led to an increase in police brutality.…”

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Stress and coping mechanisms of officers of the South African Police Service based in Tzaneen, Limpopo province, South Africa

Mushwana

Govender

Nel

2019

South African Journal of Psychiatry

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BackgroundIn this study, stress is conceptualised as a psychological syndrome in response to stressors. Stress and inappropriate coping mechanisms constitute a serious problem in police profession. Organisational causes of stress, such as lack of support from management, are additional stressors. The ability to cope with this stress is influenced by marital status, gender, rank, age and years of service. In managing stress, police officers may use adaptive or maladaptive coping mechanisms.AimTo investigate stress and the coping mechanisms used by police officers.SettingThe study was set in Tzaneen, Limpopo province, South Africa.MethodsThis cross-sectional study used a self-administered questionnaire based on the Police Stress Inventory (PSI) and Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE) tools.ResultsOf the 104 participants, female police officers had significantly higher stress intensity scores, while constables and captains had statistically significant lower stress scores. The highest ranked stressors were killing someone in the line of duty, a fellow officer killed in the line of duty, and knowledge of and experiencing the death of a fellow officer in the line of duty. The five most frequently occurring stressors were organisational in nature. Respondents were more likely to use coping strategies that were problem-focused.ConclusionOrganisational stressors were common, suggesting that the South African Police Services (SAPS) management should provide interventions that reduce the effects of work-related stressors. The majority of respondents used problem-focused coping strategies, indicating that most handle stressors in a positive manner.

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Forecasting homicide in the red stick: Risk terrain modeling and the spatial influence of urban blight on lethal violence in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Valasik

Brault

Martinez³

2019

Social Science Research

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Contextualizing Police Use of Force and Black Vulnerability: A Response to Whitesel

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

The necropolitics of neoliberal state response to the Covid-19 pandemic in India

The necropolitics of neoliberal state response to the Covid-19 pandemic in India

Stress and coping mechanisms of officers of the South African Police Service based in Tzaneen, Limpopo province, South Africa

Forecasting homicide in the red stick: Risk terrain modeling and the spatial influence of urban blight on lethal violence in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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