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. 2022 Jan 1;176(1):89-91.
doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.2939.

Injuries to Children and Adolescents by Law Enforcement: An Analysis of California Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations, 2005-2017

Kriszta Farkas  1 , Catherine dP Duarte  1 , Jennifer Ahern  1
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Injuries to Children and Adolescents by Law Enforcement: An Analysis of California Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations, 2005-2017

Kriszta Farkas et al. JAMA Pediatr. .

Abstract

This observational study evaluates the demographic and temporal distributions of hospital-treated injuries perpetrated by law enforcement among youth at the intersection of age, sex, and race and ethnicity.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Farkas reports grants from the National Institutes of Health and the University of California Firearm Violence Research Center during the conduct of the study. Dr Duarte reports grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholars program during the conduct of the study. Dr Ahern reports grants from the National Institutes of Health during the conduct of the study and outside the submitted work.

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Figure.. Trends in the Annual Rate of Legal Intervention Injury Among Youth Aged 0 to 19 Years by Race and Ethnicity and Sex in California, 2005 to 2017
Using data on race and ethnicity from patient records, the racial categories were operationalized such that Black, White, and other or multiple race excluded patients identifying as Latinx or Hispanic. Annual counts were too low (less than 15) to report rates for American Indian or Alaska Native and Asian or Pacific Islander boys and girls, and for other or multiple race girls. The other or multiple race category included patients who reported a race other than American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, Black, or White, as well as patients who reported more than 1 of these categories. A total of 450 (2.8%) and 22 (0.1%) legal intervention injury patients missing data on race and ethnicity and sex, respectively, were excluded.
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