Dylan B Jackson1, Alexander Testa2, Michael G Vaughn3, Daniel C Semenza4. 1. Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, College for Health, Community & Policy, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States. Electronic address: Dylan.Jackson@utsa.edu. 2. Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, College for Health, Community & Policy, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States. 3. School of Social Work, College for Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, United States; Graduate School of Social Welfare, Yonsei Universiy, Seoul, Republic of Korea. 4. Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between exposure to police stops and sleep behaviors and explore whether social stigma and post-traumatic stress might inform this association. METHODS: A sample of 3,444 U.S. youth from the most recent wave (2014-2017) of the Fragile Families & Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) was employed. Youth reported their sleep quantity and quality, exposure to vicarious and direct police stops, police intrusiveness during police stops, and experiences of social stigma and post-traumatic stress following the stop. RESULTS: The findings suggest that youth reporting exposure to police stops exhibited significantly greater odds of sleep deprivation and low sleep quality. Among youth directly stopped by police, youth who reported intrusive police stops (e.g., frisking, harsh language, threat of force) reported significantly lower sleep quality. This association was attenuated to nonsignificance when social stigma and post-traumatic stress following the stop were taken into account. CONCLUSIONS: Multi-sector teams should carefully consider the role that intrusive police stops might play in shaping adolescent sleep patterns and promote trauma-informed law enforcement practices.
OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between exposure to police stops and sleep behaviors and explore whether social stigma and post-traumatic stress might inform this association. METHODS: A sample of 3,444 U.S. youth from the most recent wave (2014-2017) of the Fragile Families & Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) was employed. Youth reported their sleep quantity and quality, exposure to vicarious and direct police stops, police intrusiveness during police stops, and experiences of social stigma and post-traumatic stress following the stop. RESULTS: The findings suggest that youth reporting exposure to police stops exhibited significantly greater odds of sleep deprivation and low sleep quality. Among youth directly stopped by police, youth who reported intrusive police stops (e.g., frisking, harsh language, threat of force) reported significantly lower sleep quality. This association was attenuated to nonsignificance when social stigma and post-traumatic stress following the stop were taken into account. CONCLUSIONS: Multi-sector teams should carefully consider the role that intrusive police stops might play in shaping adolescent sleep patterns and promote trauma-informed law enforcement practices.
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