Policing drug users in Russia: Risk, fear, and structural violence

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 813-864

  Sarang, Anya ^a   Rhodes, Tim ^b   Sheon, Nicolas ^c   Page, Kimberly ^d  

^a Andrey Rylkov Foundation for Health and Social Justice   (Russian Federation)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear; HIV AIDS; Human rights; Injecting drug use; Oppression illness; Police; Risk; Russia; Structural violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERVIEW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEAR; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIA; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951800161     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826081003590938     Document Type: Review

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