The impact of a police drug crackdown on drug injectors' ability to practice harm reduction: A qualitative study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 673-684

  Cooper, Hannah ^a   Moore, Lisa ^b   Gruskin, Sofia ^c   Krieger, Nancy ^c  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Law enforcement; Qualitative methods; Social geography; Social inequality; Substance related disorders; USA

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

DRUG USER; POLICE FORCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; POLICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HARM REDUCTION; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; POLICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 19444364543     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.12.030     Document Type: Article

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