Using a Criminally Involved Population to Examine the Relationship Between Race/Ethnicity, Structural Disadvantage, and Methamphetamine Use
- 8 September 2010
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Crime & Delinquency
- Vol. 60 (6), 833-858
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128710364825
Abstract
Limited empirical focus has been given to identifying individual and structural correlates of methamphetamine use. Although race (i.e., being White) is one of the most distinguishing characteristics of methamphetamine users, few studies have examined whether race/ethnicity is a significant predictor of such illicit drug use. Research has also shown that cocaine and opiate use is associated with disadvantage; however, studies have yet to examine the relationship between structural disadvantage and methamphetamine use. Using national data from the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring program, this study examines the prevalence of methamphetamine and explores the relationship between race/ethnicity, structural disadvantage, and methamphetamine use. Findings reveal that race/ethnicity and structural disadvantage are significant predictors of methamphetamine use. Additionally, findings show an interactive effect between race/ethnicity, structural disadvantage, and methamphetamine use. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.Keywords
This publication has 33 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Gendered Nature of Drug Acquisition Behavior Within Marijuana and Crack Drug MarketsCrime & Delinquency, 2008
- Methamphetamine Abuse in the United StatesJournal of Health Psychology, 2008
- A comparison of methamphetamine and nonmethamphetamine users in a dual diagnosis facilityAddiction Research & Theory, 2007
- Drug use, misuse, and the urban environmentDrug and Alcohol Review, 2005
- NEIGHBORHOOD DISORDER, INDIVIDUAL RELIGIOSITY, AND ADOLESCENT USE OF ILLICIT DRUGS: A TEST OF MULTILEVEL HYPOTHESES*Criminology, 2001
- Monitoring the crack epidemic through urine testing: establishment of routine detection methodsAddiction Biology, 2001
- Methamphetamine Use by High School Students: Recent Trends, Gender and Ethnicity Differences, and Use of Other DrugsJournal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2000
- Core Discussion Networks of AmericansAmerican Sociological Review, 1987
- CRIME AND DRUG‐USING BEHAVIORCriminology, 1981
- The Retail Price of Heroin: Estimation and ApplicationsJournal of the American Statistical Association, 1974