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Addressing the “Risk Environment” for Injection Drug Users: The Mysterious Case of the Missing Cop

Year: 2004

Type: review

Abstract: 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 evidence that laws and law enforcement practices influence IDU risk. It argues that more research is needed at four levels--laws; management of law enforcement agencies; knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and practices of frontline officers; and attitudes and experiences of IDUs--and that such research can be the basis of interventions within law enforcement to enhance IDU health.

Source: Milbank Quarterly

DOI: 10.1111/j.0887-378x.2004.00304.x

Authors: SCOTT BURRIS, KIM M. BLANKENSHIP, MARTIN DONOGHOE, SUSAN SHERMAN, JON S. VERNICK, PATRICIA CASE, ZITA LAZZARINI, STEPHEN KOESTER

Institutions: Temple University, Harvard University, University of Connecticut, Johns Hopkins University, Yale University, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, World Health Organization, University of Colorado Denver, UConn Health

Language: English

Topic: HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2155914529

FWCI: 0.657

Cites: 140

Cited by: 95

Related to: 10