Racial Inequities in Drug Arrests
Treatment in Lieu of and After Incarceration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11032417 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara Ferrer (Barbara Ferrer is the Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Baldwin Park, CA. John M. Connolly is the Division Director of the Substance Abuse Prevention and Control at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.), John M Connolly (Barbara Ferrer is the Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Baldwin Park, CA. John M. Connolly is the Division Director of the Substance Abuse Prevention and Control at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 968-969 |
| Publication date | 2018-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.2018.304575 |
| PMID | 29995492 |
| OpenAlex | W2848594113 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
The authors discuss their perspective on U.S. racial inequality in arrests for illegal drugs and prisoner's treatment for drug abuse, referencing an article in the issue by Mooney et al. An overview of the disparities between of African American and whites for drug possession arrests, including in regard to the similar rates of substance abuse by each populations, is provided
Criminology · Drug · Ethnic group · Political science · Possession (linguistics) · Psychiatry · Racial bias · Racial differences · Racism · Substance abuse · Child Abuse and Trauma · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |