Henry H Brownstein

Biographic Data

ID1577085
NAMEHenry H Brownstein
GIVEN NAMESHenry H
FAMILY NAMEBrownstein
SIGNATUREBROWNSTEIN H H
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Baltimore
ORCID0000-0001-6159-2730
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS15
TOTAL CITATIONS11
AUTHOR COUNT15
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1982
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX2

  • The Methamphetamine Industry in America: Transnational Cartels and Local Entrepreneurs

    Henry H Brownstein, Timothy M Mulcahy et al.BOOKMethamphetamine Industry in America2020

    Galax, a small Virginia town at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, was one of the first places that Henry H. Brownstein, Timothy M. Mulcahy, and Johannes Huessy visited for their study of the social dynamics of methamphetamine markets—and what they found changed everything. They had begun by thinking of methamphetamine markets as primarily small-scale mom-and-pop businesses operated by individual cooks who served local users. But what they fou…

  • Drug production in the rural context

    Ralph A Weisheit, Henry H Brownstein et al.CHAPTERRoutledge International Handbook…2016

    Rural areas serve as points of illicit drug production, in particular methamphetamine and marijuana. The National Institute on Drug Abuse defines methamphetamine as a central nervous system stimulant that produces an intense euphoric sense among the people who use it by blocking the release and reuptake of dopamine in the their brains. Perhaps drugs such as methamphetamine and marijuana are particularly problematic among rural residents in part b…

  • The Shifting Landscape of Drug Policy and the Need for Innovative Research

    Open AccessHenry H BrownsteinARTICLECriminology & Public Policy2016Cited by: 1References: 4

  • Violence: From Theory to Research

    Margaret A Zahn, Henry H Brownstein et al.BOOKViolence2014

    Part I: Introduction Violence: From Theory to Research Part II: Theories of Violence 1. Toward a Social Learning Model of Violence and Terrorism 2. A General Strain Theory Approach to Violence 3. Control Balance Theory and Violence 4. A Rational-Choice Approach to Violence 5. Social Disorganization and Violence 6. Toward a Radical Ecology of Urban Violence 7. The Basic Routine Activity Approach to Crime Analysis 8. Feminist Theories of Violent Be…

  • Contemporary Drug Policy

    Henry H Brownstein, Henry BrownsteinBOOKContemporary Drug Policy2013

    This book focuses on the use of drugs in our lives and how we respond to them. Whereas drug policy typically centres on the problems of illicit drugs or licit drugs used in illicit ways or circumstances, Contemporary Drug Policy instead considers the wide variety of substances we call drugs as a normal part of our personal and social experience and asks how and when drugs benefit us as well as how and when they are harmful. The evidence is clear …

  • The Opiate Pain Reliever Epidemic among U.S. Arrestees 2000–2010: Regional and Demographic Variations

    Andrew Golub, L Elliott et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnicity in Substance…2013

    The increasing rate of opiate pain reliever (OPR) use is a pressing concern in the United States. This article uses a drug epidemics framework to examine OPR use among arrestees surveyed by the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring program. Results demonstrate regional and demographic variation in use across nine focal cities. High rates of OPR use on the West Coast illustrate the expansion of use from its initial epicenter. By 2010, OPR use had plateau…

  • Trauma, Drugs and Violence Among Juvenile Offenders

    Susan M Crimmins, Sean D Cleary et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychoactive Drugs2000

    Trauma typically occurs when one experiences a situation where life has been threatened or lost. If the trauma is not resolved, negative residual effects may result in alcohol and drug use, involvement in violent activities as well as the development of mental health problems such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Findings from a National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded study examining the link between trauma, drug use and violence among yo…

  • A Conceptual Framework for Operationalizing the Relationship between Violence and Drug Market Stability

    Open AccessHenry H Brownstein, Susan M Crimmins et al.ARTICLEContemporary Drug Problems2000Cited by: 6References: 12

    The existence of a relationship between violence and drug market operation and activity has been well established in the research literature. In recent years increasing attention has been given particularly to a hypothetical relationship between violence in a community and the relative stability of local drug markets. Unfortunately attempts to study this nexus have been hampered by an uncertainty in the literature about how to conceptualize the s…

  • Alcohol-Related Homicides Committed by Women

    Barry Spunt, Henry H Brownstein et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychoactive Drugs1998

    In this paper we use data derived from interviews with female homicide offenders either incarcerated or on parole in New York to examine those cases (N=35) that the respondents believed were related to their use of alcohol at the time of the homicide. We found four basic types of these homicides based on victim-offender relationships and the circumstances of the incidents. Women who committed each type of alcohol-related homicide reported a varie…

  • Drug Use by Homicide Offenders

    Barry Spunt, Henry H Brownstein et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychoactive Drugs1995

    This article uses data derived from interviews with 268 homicide offenders incarcerated in New York State correctional facilities to examine their drug use prior to and at the time of the homicide, and their perceptions as to whether and how the homicides were related to their drug use. Most respondents who used a drug were not hard-core users of that drug. About one in five of the respondents could be considered polydrug abusers. Thirty percent …

  • Changing Patterns of Lethal Violence by Women: A Research Note

    Henry H Brownstein, Barry Spunt et al.ARTICLEWomen & Criminal Justice1994

    Historically, studies of homicide by women have focused on battered women who kill an abusive partner in self-defense. This paper uses case descriptions from interviews with nine women incarcerated for homicide to demonstrate the need for more research in this area. Our analysis suggests that the literature has understated the number of women who kill for other reasons, and that the type of killing by women may be explained in part by the involve…

  • Making Peace in the War on Drugs

    Open AccessHenry H BrownsteinARTICLEHumanity & Society1992References: 4

  • Surviving as a qualitative sociologist: Recollections from the diary of a state worker

    Open AccessHenry H BrownsteinARTICLEQualitative Sociology1990Cited by: 1References: 22

  • The Adequacy of Intensive Interview Data: Preliminary Suggestions for the Measurement of Validity

    Open AccessHenry H BrownsteinARTICLEHumanity & Society1983Cited by: 1References: 9

  • Using Intensive Interview Data: Teaching Concepts of Ethnicity and Ethnic Group Relations

    Henry H BrownsteinARTICLETeaching Sociology1982Cited by: 2

    students as abstract concepts. Using data collected through intensive interviews with individuals who identify themselves as ethnic, a micro-level approach to teaching concepts of ethnicity and ethnic group relations has been developed as a supplement to the macro-level approach of ethnic relations textbooks. A sourcebook of quotations from respondents is used to help students to gain a fuller understanding of the textbook definitions of concepts…