Sexual risk behaviours associated with unlicensed driving among young adults in Miami’s electronic dance music nightclub scene

Abstract

Literature indicates that unlicensed driving (UD) offenders report substance use risk behaviours, yet data related to sexual risk behaviours is unknown. This study examined sexual and other risk behaviours among young adults in Miami, Florida, comparing UD and non-UD offenders (n = 498). Compared with others, UD offenders were more likely to report group sex history, being high for sex half the time or more, purchasing sex and sexually transmissible infection history. Results suggest that locating sexual risk reduction interventions inside of the justice system would benefit UD offenders.

Brief interventions for young adults who use drugs: The moderating effects of resilience and trauma

“…Electronic dance music (EDM) and other club/ rave venues are typically attended by young adults, many of whom report extensive alcohol and drug use in the context of intense weekend or multi-day event-based patterns (Kurtz, Inciardi, Surratt, & Cottler, 2005;Kurtz, Surratt, Buttram, Levi-Minzi, & Chen, 2013;Owen, 2003). Complex polydrug use in club scenes may lead to severe social and health consequences including criminal justice involvement (Buttram, Kurtz, & Paul, 2017;Kurtz, 2012;Voas, Johnson, & Miller, 2013); problems with friends and family members (Chinet, Stephan, Zobel, & Halfon, 2007;Singer, Linares, Ntiri, Henry, & Minnes, 2004); sexual risks for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (Buttram & Kurtz, 2015;Novoa, Ompad, Wu, Vlahov, & Galea, 2005;Sterk, Klein, & Elifson, 2008); and substance dependence, drug overdose, and severe mental health problems (Cottler, Womack, Compton, & Ben-Abdallah, 2001; Kurtz et al, 2013;Parrott, Milani, Parmar, & Turner, 2001;Schifano, Di Furia, Forza, Minicuci, & Bricolo, 1998); Moreover, the trendy, high-style reputation of the club scene masks the scope of childhood victimization found among drug-using EDM participants (Buttram et al, 2017;Kurtz et al, 2013); for many of them, abuse-related trauma is severe (Lawental, Surratt, Buttram, & Kurtz, 2018). Studies of childhood victimization have found that substance use and mental health disorders related to these experiences persist well into adulthood (Green et al, 2010;Min, Minnes, Kim, & Singer, 2013).…”

Residents’ attitudes towards nightlife supply: A comparison of Ibiza (Spain) and Punta del Este (Uruguay)

“…In practice, tourists frequent the beaches during the day and nightlife establishments at night. However, nightlife generates important controversies among the resident population due to the potential problems attributed to it, which mainly refer to social and public health problems, including drug consumption (Allen et al, 2020;Labhartet al, 2020), violent behavior (Quigg, Bigland, Hughes, Duch, & Juan, 2020), risky sexual relationships (Buttram, Kurtz, & Paul, 2017), health problems (Dimitrijević, Mijić, & ŠumaracPavlović, 2020), etc. In some tourist destinations, nightlife is a very important element of the supply and image, as is the case in Ibiza (Spain) and Punta del Este (Uruguay).…”