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Supplement to Urban Lifestyles: Club Drugs, Resource Inequities and Health Risks in Urban Youth: Incarcerated Young Adults
Research Method:
Basic Research
Principal Investigators:
Jean J. Schensul, Ph.D. (PI);
Ken M. Williamson, Ph.D. (Postdoctoral Researcher)
Grant: National Institute on Drug Abuse (RFA DA-010101)
Dates of Study:
2005-2006
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Background
The arrival of ecstasy and other “club drugs” in urban markets brings new risks to youth of color, including increased exposure to violence, depression, sexual risk-taking and imprisonment. On the local and national levels, there is consensus on the existence of wide disparities in incarceration rates for African Americans and Latinos as compared to whites. More qualitative research on club drug use among urban youth, particularly with respect to incarceration, is needed. An in-depth examination of how urban youth adapt after being in prison can significantly contribute to the development of interventions for previously incarcerated young men of color.
Several ICR studies have researched the impact of new drug trends among multi-ethnic young adults in Hartford, CT. A key component of Pathways to High-Risk Drug Abuse Among Urban Youth explored the ethics of doing research with drug-using adolescents. From this project, Minority Supplement to Pathways to High-Risk Drug Abuse Among Urban Youth found that eliminating drug use and drug selling from targeted neighborhoods in Hartford would significantly and negatively affect local economies. Supplement to Pathways to High-Risk Drug Abuse Among Urban Youth: Club Drugs documented the social and cultural contexts of, and the sexual risks associated with, "club" drug use. Data from these projects led to the current study Urban Lifestyles: Club Drugs, Resource Inequities and Health Risks in Urban Youth. Before becoming part of this project’s survey sample, about half (N=273) of the 548 young adult participants had been arrested, and of these approximately half had been imprisoned. Many though not all, were incarcerated for drug related offenses. Supplement to Urban Lifestyles: Club Drugs, Resource Inequities and Health Risks in Urban Youth: Incarcerated Young Adults will provide qualitative insight about the circumstances that lead to arrest and incarceration, the effects of being in prison, and the consequences of reentering society as an ex-offender for minority young adults. |
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Project
Goals and Objectives
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Investigate the circumstances that cause drug use and selling to lead to incarceration for young adults (aged 16-30) in Hartford, CT. |
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Explore how being incarcerated exposes young adults to new drug distribution networks and forms of drug use. |
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Examine the issues that formerly incarcerated urban young adults face as they attempt to rejoin their communities, re-establish or create new social networks, seek employment, and use/distribute club drugs. |
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Project Contact:
Jean
J. Schensul, Ph.D.,
Co-Principal Investigator
Project Staff:
Jean J. Schensul, Ph.D.,
Co-Principal Investigator
Ken Williamson, Ph.D.,
Post-doctoral Researcher
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Project
Details
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Link
to Research Methods page
Link
to Basic Research Methods page
Links to other ICR projects:
Urban Lifestyles: Club Drugs, Resource Inequities and Health Risks in Urban Youth
Pathways
to High-Risk Drug Abuse Among Urban Youth
Supplement to Pathways to High-Risk Drug Abuse Among Urban Youth: Club
Drugs
Minority Supplement to Pathways to High-Risk Drug Abuse Among Urban Youth
Urban Lifestyles: Club Drugs,
Resource Inequities and Health Risks in Urban Youth
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