Stephen Koester
Biographic Data
| ID | 81010 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Koester |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Koester |
| SIGNATURE | KOESTER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado Denver |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9391-3110 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Socio‐ecological correlates of wildlife species identification across rural communities in northern Tanzania
Citizen or community science has the potential to inform wildlife management by including the general public in research and generating datasets on human perceptions of wildlife population dynamics and human–wildlife interactions. These contributions are especially valuable in areas with limited formal capacity for wildlife monitoring. However, people's perceptions are not always reliable and hinge on the accurate classification of species. In th…
Restrictive opioid prescribing policies and evolving risk environments: A qualitative study of the perspectives of patients who experienced an accidental opioid overdose
Why are some people who have received overdose education and naloxone reticent to call Emergency Medical Services in the event of overdose
Moving on, finding shelter: The spatiotemporal camp
This article orbits two mandated mobilities: moving on and finding shelter - one continual and one oriented toward confinement. Reporting ethnographic fieldwork and archival research in Denver, a city that recently outlawed camping in all open space, this article builds a model of spatial confinement. The article argues that, in concert with other quality of life laws, poverty management sequesters Denver's poor in what the authors term a spatiot…
Invisible homelessness: Anonymity, exposure, and the right to the city
The city of Denver, Colorado recently outlawed camping in all open space. Part of a broad effort to accelerate the profit potential of prime urban land through real estate speculation and commerce, the camping ban has dislocated homeless people from the city’s marginal spaces. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and archival research in Denver, this article develops a tripartite approach to public space—prime, everyday, and marginal—to analyze challe…
Misuse of prescription stimulants for weight loss, psychosocial variables, and eating disordered behaviors
Drug Sharing Among Heroin Networks: Implications for HIV and Hepatitis B and C Prevention
Addressing the “Risk Environment” for Injection Drug Users: The Mysterious Case of the Missing Cop
Ecological models of the determinants of health and the consequent importance of structural interventions have been widely accepted, but using these models in research and practice has been challenging. Examining the role of criminal law enforcement in the “risk environment” of injection drug users (IDUs) provides an opportunity to apply structural thinking to the health problems associated with drug use. This article reviews international eviden…
Criminal Law, Policing Policy, and HIV Risk in Female Street Sex Workers and Injection Drug Users
In public health and the social sciences, there is growing recognition of the role that social context plays in determining health. Frequently, social relations of inequality are among the most important features of social context identified in this work, and emphasis is placed on identifying and addressing these inequalities in order to improve health. Within the field of HIV/AIDS prevention as well, researchers have begun to look beyond individ…
Copping, Running, and Paraphernalia Laws: Contextual Variables and Needle Risk Behavior among Injection Drug Users in Denver
This paper addresses syringe sharing, the primary method of HIV transmission among drug injectors. It argues that this high risk drug injection behavior cannot be adequately understood by relying on psychological and cultural explanations alone. Rather, this ethnographic study contends that, among drug injectors in Denver, syringes are shared because they are scarce, and they are scarce because they are illegal to possess without medical justific…
Invisible homelessness: Anonymity, exposure, and the right to the city
The city of Denver, Colorado recently outlawed camping in all open space. Part of a broad effort to accelerate the profit potential of prime urban land through real estate speculation and commerce, the camping ban has dislocated homeless people from the city’s marginal spaces. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and archival research in Denver, this article develops a tripartite approach to public space—prime, everyday, and marginal—to analyze challe…
Copping, Running, and Paraphernalia Laws: Contextual Variables and Needle Risk Behavior among Injection Drug Users in Denver
This paper addresses syringe sharing, the primary method of HIV transmission among drug injectors. It argues that this high risk drug injection behavior cannot be adequately understood by relying on psychological and cultural explanations alone. Rather, this ethnographic study contends that, among drug injectors in Denver, syringes are shared because they are scarce, and they are scarce because they are illegal to possess without medical justific…
Moving on, finding shelter: The spatiotemporal camp
This article orbits two mandated mobilities: moving on and finding shelter - one continual and one oriented toward confinement. Reporting ethnographic fieldwork and archival research in Denver, a city that recently outlawed camping in all open space, this article builds a model of spatial confinement. The article argues that, in concert with other quality of life laws, poverty management sequesters Denver's poor in what the authors term a spatiot…
Misuse of prescription stimulants for weight loss, psychosocial variables, and eating disordered behaviors
Copping, Running, and Paraphernalia Laws: Contextual Variables and Needle Risk Behavior among Injection Drug Users in Denver
This paper addresses syringe sharing, the primary method of HIV transmission among drug injectors. It argues that this high risk drug injection behavior cannot be adequately understood by relying on psychological and cultural explanations alone. Rather, this ethnographic study contends that, among drug injectors in Denver, syringes are shared because they are scarce, and they are scarce because they are illegal to possess without medical justific…
Criminal Law, Policing Policy, and HIV Risk in Female Street Sex Workers and Injection Drug Users
In public health and the social sciences, there is growing recognition of the role that social context plays in determining health. Frequently, social relations of inequality are among the most important features of social context identified in this work, and emphasis is placed on identifying and addressing these inequalities in order to improve health. Within the field of HIV/AIDS prevention as well, researchers have begun to look beyond individ…
Addressing the “Risk Environment” for Injection Drug Users: The Mysterious Case of the Missing Cop
Ecological models of the determinants of health and the consequent importance of structural interventions have been widely accepted, but using these models in research and practice has been challenging. Examining the role of criminal law enforcement in the “risk environment” of injection drug users (IDUs) provides an opportunity to apply structural thinking to the health problems associated with drug use. This article reviews international eviden…
Drug Sharing Among Heroin Networks: Implications for HIV and Hepatitis B and C Prevention
Misuse of prescription stimulants for weight loss, psychosocial variables, and eating disordered behaviors
Invisible homelessness: Anonymity, exposure, and the right to the city
The city of Denver, Colorado recently outlawed camping in all open space. Part of a broad effort to accelerate the profit potential of prime urban land through real estate speculation and commerce, the camping ban has dislocated homeless people from the city’s marginal spaces. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and archival research in Denver, this article develops a tripartite approach to public space—prime, everyday, and marginal—to analyze challe…
Why are some people who have received overdose education and naloxone reticent to call Emergency Medical Services in the event of overdose
Moving on, finding shelter: The spatiotemporal camp
This article orbits two mandated mobilities: moving on and finding shelter - one continual and one oriented toward confinement. Reporting ethnographic fieldwork and archival research in Denver, a city that recently outlawed camping in all open space, this article builds a model of spatial confinement. The article argues that, in concert with other quality of life laws, poverty management sequesters Denver's poor in what the authors term a spatiot…
Restrictive opioid prescribing policies and evolving risk environments: A qualitative study of the perspectives of patients who experienced an accidental opioid overdose
Socio‐ecological correlates of wildlife species identification across rural communities in northern Tanzania
Citizen or community science has the potential to inform wildlife management by including the general public in research and generating datasets on human perceptions of wildlife population dynamics and human–wildlife interactions. These contributions are especially valuable in areas with limited formal capacity for wildlife monitoring. However, people's perceptions are not always reliable and hinge on the accurate classification of species. In th…
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works)