TY - JOUR
T1 - Criminality Among Rural Stimulant Users in the United States
AU - Oser, Carrie
AU - Leukefeld, Carl
AU - Staton-Tindall, Michele
AU - Duvall, Jamieson
AU - Garrity, Thomas
AU - Stoops, William
AU - Falck, Russel
AU - Wang, Jichuan
AU - Carlson, Robert
AU - Sexton, Rocky
AU - Wright, Patricia
AU - Booth, Brenda
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - Despite the increase in media attention on "meth cooking" in rural areas of the United States, little is known about rural stimulant use-particularly, the criminality associated with stimulant use. Data were collected from community stimulant users in rural Ohio, Arkansas, and Kentucky (N = 709). Findings from three logistic regression models indicate that younger stimulant users (M = 32.55, SD = 10.35), those with more convictions, and those who used crack frequently were significantly more likely to have been arrested for committing a substance-related crime, a property crime, or another crime in the 6 months before entering the study. Implications include the need for longitudinal studies to further understand rural stimulant use, as well as increased community and corrections-based drug abuse prevention and treatment interventions for stimulant users who live in rural areas.
AB - Despite the increase in media attention on "meth cooking" in rural areas of the United States, little is known about rural stimulant use-particularly, the criminality associated with stimulant use. Data were collected from community stimulant users in rural Ohio, Arkansas, and Kentucky (N = 709). Findings from three logistic regression models indicate that younger stimulant users (M = 32.55, SD = 10.35), those with more convictions, and those who used crack frequently were significantly more likely to have been arrested for committing a substance-related crime, a property crime, or another crime in the 6 months before entering the study. Implications include the need for longitudinal studies to further understand rural stimulant use, as well as increased community and corrections-based drug abuse prevention and treatment interventions for stimulant users who live in rural areas.
KW - arrest
KW - crack cocaine
KW - methamphetamine
KW - rural
KW - stimulants
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U2 - 10.1177/0011128708325048
DO - 10.1177/0011128708325048
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79958188235
SN - 0011-1287
VL - 57
SP - 600
EP - 621
JO - Crime and Delinquency
JF - Crime and Delinquency
IS - 4
ER -
