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Reflections on Drug Crises

Academia Letters, 2021

The Current Community Context of Overdose Deaths: Relations among Drug Types, Drug Markets, and Socioeconomic Neighborhood Characteristics1

Sociological Forum, 2021

Increases in opioid overdose deaths have been pronounced throughout the nation. The current narra... more Increases in opioid overdose deaths have been pronounced throughout the nation. The current narrative about them stresses their reach into middle‐class America while theories that link substance use etiology and drug markets, such as availability‐proneness theory, suggest that lower‐income communities should be most impacted. The latter might be especially true due to the increased involvement of cheap and highly potent fentanyl. This study uses group‐based multi‐trajectory models and path analysis to assess relations among neighborhood opioid‐overdose death trends, drug type compositions, and socioeconomic neighborhood characteristics across Delaware from 2013 to 2017. We find support for availability‐proneness theory, insofar as drug availability and substance use are associated with neighborhoods in the trajectory groups with the highest overdose death rates. Moreover, we find that neighborhood disadvantage is associated with increased drug availability as well as substance use. ...

Substance Use & Misuse, 2020

Criminal Justice Policy Review, 2020

Opioid abuse has redefined drug problems in communities and shifted police activities to redress ... more Opioid abuse has redefined drug problems in communities and shifted police activities to redress substance use. Changing neighborhood context around opioid issues may affect arrests and racial disparities in their imposition. This study presents a spatial analysis of arrests involving Blacks and Whites for possession of heroin, synthetic narcotics, and opium offenses. We identify the ecological conditions associated with opioid-related arrests using geographically weighted regression (GWR) methods that illuminate local patterns by allowing coefficients to vary across space. GWR models reveal spatial and racial differences in opioid-related possession arrest rates. Calls for police service for overdoses increase White arrests in more advantaged, rural communities. Economic disadvantage and racial diversity in neighborhoods more strongly elevate possession arrest rates among Blacks relative to Whites. Overdose calls predict Black arrests in poorer urban areas. Findings underscore poli...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2020

Symbolic Interaction, 2017

The Impact of Drug Use and Crime Involvement on Health Problems Among Female Drug Offenders

The Prison Journal, 2002

Health problems comprise some of the most important concerns about female offenders today. In com... more Health problems comprise some of the most important concerns about female offenders today. In comparison to others, they suffer more frequent and serious chronic disease, acute illness, and injuries. Although many have argued that these higher rates can be explained by poverty, inaccessible medical care, and poor nutrition, few have studied the impact of the severity of criminal and substance abuse involvement on the same. Consequently, the authors ask if these factors help explain the likelihood of leading health problems of female cocaine-abusing offenders. Bivariate logistic regression analyses on women ( n = 848) from Dade County, Florida, show important effects of criminal and substance abuse involvement on chronic disease and illness, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS, and mental illness. However, after controlling for demographic variables with multivariate logistic models, their predictive power decreases substantially. The findings lend insights to both theoretical...

Meth Mania: A History of Methamphetamine By Nicholas L. Parsons Lynne Rienner Publishers. 2013. 242 pages. $58.50 hardback

Social Forces, 2014

Media, Sex, Violence, and Drugs in the Global Village

Contemporary Sociology, 2002

Page 1. MEDIA, SEX-VIOLENCE, AND DRUGS IN THE GLOBAL VILLAGE Edited by Yahya R. Kamalipour and Ku... more Page 1. MEDIA, SEX-VIOLENCE, AND DRUGS IN THE GLOBAL VILLAGE Edited by Yahya R. Kamalipour and Kuldip R. Rampal Page 2. Page 3. Media, Sex, Violence, and Drugs in the Global Village Edited by Yahya R. Kamalipour ...

Deviance and Crime in Colleges and Universities: What Goes on in the Halls of Ivy

Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, 2010

... Page 4. DEVIANCE AND CRIME IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES What Goes on in the Halls of Ivy By M... more ... Page 4. DEVIANCE AND CRIME IN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES What Goes on in the Halls of Ivy By MARK HICKSON III, PH.D., JD and JULIAN B. ROEBUCK, PH.D. Page 5. Published and Distributed Throughout the World by CHARLES C THOMAS PUBLISHER, LTD. ...

Drug use consequences and social policies

Encyclopedia of criminology and deviant behavior

During the twentieth century, the United States has experienced an enormous amount of social poli... more During the twentieth century, the United States has experienced an enormous amount of social policy in the area of substance abuse. Although some would argue that both ideologies and policies have fluctuated significantly over time (e.g., from the punitive law enforcement policies during World War II to the more public health approach of the Kennedy administration), the more punitive approach has clearly dominated. It currently characterizes today's policies and promises to do so in the near future (Office of National Drug Control Policy IONDCPI 1998). Coined more than a decade ago, war on drugs" policies have defined U.S. drug control for at least 70 years of this past century: the early 1900s through 1950s, 1980 through 1999. Today, both Republicans and Democrats typically embrace the punitive approach. Challenges come instead from the academic, medical, and philanthropic communities. These communities push for a more humane approach that favors prevention, treatment, decriminalization. and alternative sentencing. Below are reviewed some of the costs and consequences of drug abuse and the impact of drug-related social policies on society and the individual. Also discussed are other social policies having relevance to the problem (e.g.. welfare reform).

THE PRISON JOURNAL / March 2002Anderson et al. / FEMALE DRUG OFFENDERS THE IMPACT OF DRUG USE AND CRIME INVOLVEMENT ON HEALTH PROBLEMS AMONG FEMALE DRUG OFFENDERS

Health problems comprise some of the most important concerns about female offend-ers today. In co... more Health problems comprise some of the most important concerns about female offend-ers today. In comparison to others, they suffer more frequent and serious chronic dis-ease, acute illness, and injuries. Although many have argued that these higher rates can be explained by poverty, inaccessible medical care, and poor nutrition, few have studied the impact of the severity of criminal and substance abuse involvement on the same. Consequently, the authors ask if these factors help explain the likelihood of leading health problems of female cocaine-abusing offenders. Bivariate logistic regression analyses onwomen (N=848) fromDadeCounty, Florida, show important effects of criminal and substance abuse involvement on chronic disease and illness, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS, and mental illness. However, after con-trolling for demographic variables with multivariate logistic models, their predictive power decreases substantially. The findings lend insights to both theoretical mo...

Neither Villain nor Victim

Delaware Journal of Public Health, 2021

Understanding Differences in Types of Opioid Prescriptions Across Time and Space: A Community-Level Analysis

Journal of Drug Issues, 2018

For the better part of the 21st century, opioid abuse and related consequences have beleaguered t... more For the better part of the 21st century, opioid abuse and related consequences have beleaguered the United States. Effectively fighting the crisis may require a better understanding of potential differences among the types of opioids available as treating them as one homogeneous group may mask emerging trends and conflate more benign ones with those more troubling. The purpose of our study is to investigate changes in prescribing patterns of four groups of opioids (hydrocodone, oxycodone, fentanyl, and other) and how community-level factors explain their variation over time. We use a census tract–level data set with population, concentrated disadvantage, and prescription drug monitoring payment variables to address our goals. Findings show disparate prescribing patterns among the four types of opioids and considerable differences in the community factors that predict their change. Implications for future research and interventions follow.

Looking at the world through a "gender lens" began in most areas of social science duri... more Looking at the world through a "gender lens" began in most areas of social science during the second wave of the women's movement, or the late 1960s through the 1970s. During this time feminist researchers began questioning science's conclusions by pointing to male-oriented biases in research questions, hypotheses, and designs. Unfortunately, the "gender lens" did not appear in substance use research until the early 1980s. Prior to the 1970s, most studies of alcohol and other drug use were conducted among males. Early studies that included women suffered from the "add women and stir approach." Females were added to samples, but no gender-related concepts were used. The result was that women's and men's drug use were viewed through a male lens. Fortunately, the 1980s witnessed the first series of studies that placed women and gender at center stage. For instance, Rosenbaum's (1980) book on women heroin users was one of the first major...

Data Science Approaches in Criminal Justice and Public Health Research: Lessons Learned From Opioid Projects

The persistence of the nation’s opioid epidemic has called on criminal justice and public health ... more The persistence of the nation’s opioid epidemic has called on criminal justice and public health agencies to collaborate more than ever. This epidemiological criminology framework highlights the surveillance of public health and safety, often using data science approaches, to inform best practices. The purpose of our article is to delineate the main benefits and challenges of adopting data science approaches for epidemiological criminology partnerships, research, and policy. We offer “lessons learned” from our opioid research in Delaware and Florida to advise future researchers, especially those working closely with policymakers and practitioners in translating science into impactful best practices. We begin with a description of our projects, pivot to the challenges we have faced in contributing to science and policy, and close with recommendations for future research, public advocacy, and practice.