To Police or Not to Police? Confronting Anti-Asian Violence in Portland, Oregon
The rise in anti-Asian hate and bias crimes in the United States during and after the Covid-19 pandemic gained national attention and quickly became a consensual object of governmental action at the federal and local levels. In Portland, Oregon, home to significant Asian immigrant and Asian-American...
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| Language: | English |
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Association Française d'Etudes Américaines
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Transatlantica |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/24371 |
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| Summary: | The rise in anti-Asian hate and bias crimes in the United States during and after the Covid-19 pandemic gained national attention and quickly became a consensual object of governmental action at the federal and local levels. In Portland, Oregon, home to significant Asian immigrant and Asian-American populations, the municipal response to the increased violence directed against this community can be considered in relation to the Black Lives Matter protests that took place in the city the previous year. Hilgartner and Bosk’s model of the emergence of social problems sheds light on the selection of this issue within the institutional arena of local government, in a context of heightened mistrust of law enforcement. It also leads us to consider the competing definitions of the problem among Asian and Asian-American populations, and how these perspectives relate to possible policy solutions. Based on interviews with stakeholders, this study examines perceptions of the causes of anti-Asian violence and their implications for policing as a means of community protection. |
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| ISSN: | 1765-2766 |