Measuring the Impacts of Exposure to Perceived Racism-Based Police-Involved Interactions for Black and Latinx Emerging Adults

Project Summary

For this project, the research team will validate a measure of perceived racism-based police violence (RPV) among emerging adults (aged 18-29) who identify as non-Hispanic Black/African American or Latinx, and assess differences in rates of exposure by gender, ethnicity, heritage country/region, and nativity. 
 
Project funded by Robert Wood Johson Foundation: Evidence for Action (E4A) program.
 
Grantee and Partner organizations for this project include:
  • Robert O Motley Jr, PhD (PI)
  • Christopher Salas-Wright, PhD (Co-I)
  • Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
  • Raíces Venezolanas
  • Christ the King Episcopal Church
  • GreenRoots
  • HomeGrown StL, an affiliation of the Race & Opportunity Lab within the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis
  • Community Advisory Board
  • Expert Content Panel

 

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