Opioids, Race, and Drug Enforcement: Exploring Local Relationships Between Neighborhood Context and Black–White Opioid-Related Possession Arrests

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 Whi...

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Main Author: Donnelly, Ellen A. (Author)
Contributors: Wagner, Jascha ; Stenger, Madeline ; Cortina, Hannah G. ; O’Connell, Daniel J. ; Anderson, Tammy L.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Criminal justice policy review
Year: 2021, Volume: 32, Issue: 3, Pages: 219-244
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Drug Enforcement
Opioids
Race
Spatial Analysis
policy mapping