The Role of Gender in the Health and Human Rights Practices of Police: The SHIELD Study in Tijuana, Mexico

• Main Authors: Teresita Rocha-Jiménez (Author), Maria Luisa Mittal (Author), Irina Artamonova (Author), Pieter Baker (Author), Javier Cepeda (Author), Mario Morales (Author), Daniela Abramovitz (Author), Erika Clairgue (Author), Arnulfo Bañuelos (Author), Thomas Patterson (Author), Steffanie Strathdee (Author), Leo Beletsky (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Globally, punitive drug law enforcement drives human rights violations. Drug control tactics, such as syringe confiscation and drug-related arrests, also cascade into health harms among people who use drugs. The role of police officer characteristics in shaping such enforcement and measures to refor...