Barry Spunt

Biographic Data

ID237496
NAMEBarry Spunt
GIVEN NAMESBarry
FAMILY NAMESpunt
SIGNATURESPUNT B
AFFILIATIONSNational Development and Research Institutes
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS7
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1984
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX1

  • On the connection between New York, comedians and heroin

    Barry SpuntARTICLEComedy Studies2019

  • Heroin and Music in New York City

    Open AccessBarry SpuntBOOKHeroin and Music in New York City2014

    Using narrative accounts from a sample of 69 New York City-based musicians of various genres who are self-acknowledged heroin users, the book addresses the reasons why these musicians started using he

  • 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…

  • Pathological gamblers in methadone treatment

    Open AccessBarry Spunt, Henry R Lesieur et al.ARTICLEJournal of Gambling Studies1996

  • 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

    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…

  • Race/Ethnicity and Gender Differences in the Drugs-Violence Relationship

    Barry Spunt, Barry J Spunt et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychoactive Drugs1990

    This article examines the drug relatedness of violent events reported by White, Black, and Hispanic male and female street drug users from New York City. The primary purpose is to determine if the drugs-violence relationship varies for these different populations of drug abusers. Drug relatedness is assessed according to a tripartite conceptual model of the general relationship between drugs and violence. Significant race/ethnicity and gender dif…

  • Taking Care of Business

    Erich Goode, Bruce D Johnson et al.REVIEWSocial Forces1986Cited by: 1

  • An Instant Shot of “Aah”

    David E Hunt, Dana E Hunt et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychoactive Drugs1984

    This research was supported by a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (1 H81 DA 02300-01) to Narcotic and Drug Research, Inc., New York, and the Division of Substance Abuse Services, New York State. Opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the policy of NIDA or the Division of Substance Abuse Services