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“It's such a terrible drug”: Narratives of fentanyl dealers amid the opioid overdose crisis

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract The fentanyl‐fueled overdose crisis is historically lethal, yet the voices of those who sell fentanyl remain understudied. While research has focused extensively on people who use drugs (PWUD), the perspectives of people who sell fentanyl (PWSF) are largely absent from academic and policy discussions. This study draws on 87 in‐depth interviews
Brittney M. Schwehr, Sandra M. Bucerius
wiley   +1 more source

(Re)entry from the Bottom Up: Case Study of a Critical Approach to Assisting Women Coming Home from Prison

, 2016
Melissa Burch
openalex   +1 more source

Defining and measuring homicide rates for birth cohorts: Methodological and theoretical challenges and solutions

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Social scientists have long been interested in understanding how age, period, and cohort effects shape long‐term homicide trends. Yet fundamental measurement challenges remain pervasive in estimating age‐specific homicide rates for birth cohorts.
Jason Robey, Matt Vogel
wiley   +1 more source

An implementation science approach to determine the barriers and facilitators to hepatitis C virus testing in English remand prisons: a mixed-methods study. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Jack K, Irving W, Rose Z, Thomson BJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

Participant and Program Characteristics: Correlates of Substance Abuse Treatment Participation and Prison Misconducts [PDF]

, 2018
Liana R. Taylor, Jo Ann Lee, Faye S. Taxman   +2 more
openalex   +1 more source

Noise in judicial decision‐making: A research note

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Researchers suspect large unsystematic variation (noise) in criminal sentencing, but past attempts to quantify it have used short hypothetical vignettes administered in low‐stakes settings to small, heterogeneous samples of judges. Such vignettes are deficient in detail and ecological validity.
Andrzej Uhl, Justin T. Pickett
wiley   +1 more source

A cross-sectional survey of reproductive, gynecological, and breast health histories and status among people in a provincial prison for women in British Columbia. [PDF]

PLoS One
Heggie C, Paynter M, McLeod A, Liauw J, Edwards R, Kouyoumdjian F.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Los Sistemas de Vigilancia Electrónica como Sustitutivos de la Prisión Bajo una Perspectiva Analítico-Económica del Derecho (Electronic Surveillance Systems as a Substitute for the Prison from a Perspective of Economic Analysis of Law)

, 2012
Norberto Hernández Jiménez
openalex   +1 more source

Can prisons move people into better jobs? A look at correctional vocational training programs and sectoral employment outcomes

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Three‐quarters of US prisons offer vocational training programs, which aim to place trainees in middle‐skills jobs in specific occupational sectors post‐release. These middle‐skills jobs may more effectively reduce recidivism than the jobs that normally characterize the labor market experience of the formerly incarcerated, yet whether ...
Britte van Tiem
wiley   +1 more source

Collecting resource use data for economic evaluation in a prison setting with a focus on self-harm: the Prison Data Inventory (Self-Harm) (PDI (SH)). [PDF]

Front Psychiatry
Robinson L, Gutridge K, Meacock R, Barrett B, Abel KM.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source