Disparities in criminal court referrals to drug treatment and prison for minority men

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Nicosia, Nancy ^a   MacDonald, John M ^b   Arkes, Jeremy ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CRIMINAL LAW; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRISON; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CRIMINAL LAW; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; ODDS RATIO; PRISONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878056919     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301222     Document Type: Article

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