TY - JOUR
T1 - Neighborhood disorder and incarceration history among urban substance users
AU - Whitaker, Damiya
AU - Graham, Camelia
AU - Furr-Holden, C. Debra
AU - Milam, Ada
AU - Latimer, William
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) DDET program T32 DA007292 (principal investigator, WL), grants from NIDA R01DA014498 (principal investigator, WL), the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism R01AA015196 (principal investigator, CDF-H), and the intramural research program, NIH, NIDA.
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - This research examines the relationship between neighborhood physical and social disorder and incarceration history among urban drug users. A cohort of 358 African American and White urban drug users completed a clinical interview and psychological assessment that emphasized cognitive and social-behavioral HIV risk factors. The Neighborhood Inventory for Environmental Typology was used to assess indicators of physical and social disorder. After controlling for age, gender, education, and having a place to live, multivariable analyses revealed that living in a neighborhood with moderate or high levels of disorder (odds ratio [OR] = 1.63; 95% confidence interval [CI] = [1.02, 2.59]) and drinking alcohol every day or nearly every day for 3 months or more (OR = 2.03; 95% CI [1.24, 3.31]) were associated with incarceration history. Findings suggest that select characteristics of disadvantaged communities may be important determinants of incarceration vulnerability among urban substance users. Residential improvements hold promise to enhance interventions aimed to reduce incarceration.
AB - This research examines the relationship between neighborhood physical and social disorder and incarceration history among urban drug users. A cohort of 358 African American and White urban drug users completed a clinical interview and psychological assessment that emphasized cognitive and social-behavioral HIV risk factors. The Neighborhood Inventory for Environmental Typology was used to assess indicators of physical and social disorder. After controlling for age, gender, education, and having a place to live, multivariable analyses revealed that living in a neighborhood with moderate or high levels of disorder (odds ratio [OR] = 1.63; 95% confidence interval [CI] = [1.02, 2.59]) and drinking alcohol every day or nearly every day for 3 months or more (OR = 2.03; 95% CI [1.24, 3.31]) were associated with incarceration history. Findings suggest that select characteristics of disadvantaged communities may be important determinants of incarceration vulnerability among urban substance users. Residential improvements hold promise to enhance interventions aimed to reduce incarceration.
KW - incarceration
KW - neighborhood disorder
KW - substance use
KW - urban drug/alcohol use
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U2 - 10.1177/1078345811413092
DO - 10.1177/1078345811413092
M3 - Article
C2 - 21969040
AN - SCOPUS:80555131816
SN - 1078-3458
VL - 17
SP - 309
EP - 318
JO - Journal of Correctional Health Care
JF - Journal of Correctional Health Care
IS - 4
ER -