Confronting the “200-Pound Alligator:” Anti-Racist Community-Engaged Research Addressing Police-Inflicted Trauma on the Black Community

Daniela Jauk-Ajamie, Robert L. Peralta, Auriel Jasper-Morris, Larry Payne, Juan Xi, Xiaoshuang Iris Luo, Department of Sociology, University of Akron, Department of Psychology, University of Akron, Department of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Akron

Feminist Criminology

Published online on April 16, 2026

Abstract

Feminist Criminology, Ahead of Print.
This paper focuses on a multi-method project on the effects of policing on the well-being of the African American Community in a large, predominantly Black Midwestern city. Black-led community organizations and an independent police oversight board ...