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 - Funding Information: The project was funded by The NARBHA Institute, Flagstaff, AZ, with additional support from the Northern Arizona University (NAU) Center for Health Equity Research and the NAU Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (NIH/NIMHD U54; grant NIH U54MD012388). Publisher Copyright: © 2020 American Public Health Association Inc.. All rights reserved.
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
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 110
SP - S85-S92
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
ER -