The effect of outpatient methadone maintenance treatment facilities on place-based crime

Moyer, Ruth A.; Ridgeway, Greg

doi:10.1007/s11292-018-9347-1

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“…Delaware likewise lacks a major city, which may show greater variation in community characteristics, including underlying problems of opioid misuse (see Johnson & Shreve, 2020, on overdoses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Our results may not generalize to other periods as policing strategies change (Pearlman, 2016), nonmedical opioid use accelerates (see MacArthur, 2020, on rising overdose rates in Delaware amid the COVID-19 pandemic), and drug treatment centers open or close (Moyer & Ridgeway, 2020) In all, this study reveals some new as well as consistent dimensions to drug law enforcement. The demographic profile of people who use opioids today may differ from that of the past, yet disparities in who gets arrested and where remain.…”

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confidence: 68%

Opioids, Race, Context, and Journeys to Crime: Analyzing Black–White Differences in Travel Associated With Opioid Possession Offenses

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Wagner

Hughes³

et al. 2021

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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Journeys to crime, or distances traveled from residences to places of alleged crimes, describe how people enter into the criminal justice system. Race, as an ascribed characteristic of individuals and a determinant of community conditions, introduces disparities in journeys to crime. Use of opioids among nonurban, White populations and changing law enforcement responses prompt inquiry into how race affects journeys to crime associated with opioid possession. This study evaluates Black–White differences in travel among persons arrested for opioid possession in Delaware. It applies race and rationality theory to assess the effects of race and racialized context on travel patterns. Multilevel models reveal travel to possess opioids is greater for White relative to Black Delawareans. Community conditions such as marijuana possession arrest rates and concentrated disadvantage have varying impacts on travel from various geographic areas. Racial–spatial differences in travel show persistent disparities in drug law enforcement amid efforts to curb opioid misuse.

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confidence: 68%