There is disproportionate risk for violence conditioned on inequities due to race,
socioeconomic status, gender, and where people live. Consequently, some communities are …

Introduction Over the past decade, there has been mounting recognition that opioid use and
related mortality and morbidity is a significant public health problem in rural, non-urban …

While worldwide crime is declining overall, criminality in Latin America has reached
unprecedented levels that have ushered in social unrest and political turmoil. Despite major …

"[Gangs in America′ s Communities] is one of the most comprehensive treatments of gangs
in the marketplace.... I highly recommend its adoption as you will not be disappointed and …

Using a multilevel comparative framework, we propose that politically receptive city contexts
facilitate the viability of marginalized neighborhoods. To illustrate this proposition, we …

This article develops and assesses the concept of triple neighborhood disadvantage. We
argue that a neighborhood's well-being depends not only on its own socioeconomic …

Over the last quarter century, psychological research has shown that much of youth crime
and delinquency is the product of normal adolescent development.'Compared to adults …

The rapid increase of fatal opioid overdoses over the past two decades is a major US public
health problem, especially in non‐metropolitan communities. The crisis has transitioned …

The myth of the criminal immigrant has permeated public and political debate for much of
this nation's history and persists despite growing evidence to the contrary. Crime concerns …

This research investigates the source of Black–White differences in drug arrests by
conducting a neighborhood-level test of the differential police scrutiny and racially …