Drug use represents a significant burden to public health through disease, disability and
social problems, and policy makers are becoming increasingly interested in how to develop …

The US correctional system is overburdened with individuals suffering from substance use
disorders. These illnesses also exact a heavy toll on individual and public health and well …

Linear structural equation modeling has become an indispensable methodology for
specifying, estimating, and testing hypothesized interrelationships among a set of …

This article develops and assesses the concept of triple neighborhood disadvantage. We
argue that a neighborhood's well-being depends not only on its own socioeconomic …

Aims Empirical tests of relationships between alcohol outlets and violence are generally
conducted with statistical controls for correlates related to characteristics of people and the …

Until now, most discussion of racial profiling has given only fleeting consideration of its
causes. Those causes are overwhelmingly psychological. In Suspect Race, social …

Despite knowledge of racial bias for drug-related criminal justice involvement and its
collateral consequences, we know less about differences between Black and White drug …

Despite the marked increase in incarceration over the past 30 years and the fact that roughly
two thirds of released offenders are rearrested within 3 years of release, we know little about …

Although the neighborhood microsystem is recognized as an important domain for
adolescent development, relative to the family and peer contexts, neighborhood factors have …

Although possession of small quantities of marijuana has been decriminalized in New York
State since the late 1970s, arrests for marijuana possession in New York City have …