TY - JOUR
T1 - Racial/Ethnic Differences in Drug- A nd Alcohol-Related Arrest Outcomes in a Southwest County from 2009 to 2018
AU - Camplain, Ricky
AU - Sabo, Samantha
AU - Baldwin, Julie A.
AU - Camplain, Carolyn
AU - Pro, George
AU - Trotter, Robert T.
AU - Eaves, Emery
AU - Peoples, Marie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/1
Y1 - 2020/1
N2 - Objectives. To estimate the association between race/ethnicity and drug- A nd alcohol-related arrest outcomes. Methods. We used multinomial logistic regression and general estimating equations to estimate the association between race/ethnicity and arrest outcomes in 36 073 drugand alcohol-related arrests obtained from administrative records in a Southwest US county from 2009 to 2018. Results were stratified by charge type. Results. Among misdemeanor drug- A nd alcohol-related arrests, American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN; adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 3.60; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.32, 3.90), Latino (AOR = 1.53; 95% CI = 1.35, 1.73), and Black persons (AOR = 1.28; 95% CI = 1.05, 1.55) were more likely than White persons to be booked into jail as opposed to cited and released. AI/AN (AOR = 10.77; 95% CI = 9.40, 12.35), Latino (AOR = 2.63; 95% CI = 2.12, 3.28), and Black persons (AOR = 1.84; 95% CI = 1.19, 2.84) also were more likely than White persons to be convicted and serve time for their misdemeanor charges. Results were similar for felony drug- A nd alcohol-related arrests aggregated and stratified. Conclusions. Our results suggest that race/ethnicity is associated with outcomes in drug-related arrests and that overrepresentation of racial/ethnic minorities in the criminal justice system cannot be attributed to greater use of drugs and alcohol in general. (Am J Public Health. 2020;110:S85-S92. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2019.305409).
AB - Objectives. To estimate the association between race/ethnicity and drug- A nd alcohol-related arrest outcomes. Methods. We used multinomial logistic regression and general estimating equations to estimate the association between race/ethnicity and arrest outcomes in 36 073 drugand alcohol-related arrests obtained from administrative records in a Southwest US county from 2009 to 2018. Results were stratified by charge type. Results. Among misdemeanor drug- A nd alcohol-related arrests, American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN; adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 3.60; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.32, 3.90), Latino (AOR = 1.53; 95% CI = 1.35, 1.73), and Black persons (AOR = 1.28; 95% CI = 1.05, 1.55) were more likely than White persons to be booked into jail as opposed to cited and released. AI/AN (AOR = 10.77; 95% CI = 9.40, 12.35), Latino (AOR = 2.63; 95% CI = 2.12, 3.28), and Black persons (AOR = 1.84; 95% CI = 1.19, 2.84) also were more likely than White persons to be convicted and serve time for their misdemeanor charges. Results were similar for felony drug- A nd alcohol-related arrests aggregated and stratified. Conclusions. Our results suggest that race/ethnicity is associated with outcomes in drug-related arrests and that overrepresentation of racial/ethnic minorities in the criminal justice system cannot be attributed to greater use of drugs and alcohol in general. (Am J Public Health. 2020;110:S85-S92. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2019.305409).
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305409
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305409
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31967892
AN - SCOPUS:85078318389
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 110
SP - S85-S92
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
ER -