Your First Five Crime Studies of April 1
All of today's research relates to drug use
I'm Aaron Jacklin, and this is Explaining Crime, an independent newsletter that helps you explain crime to your audience.
Your First Five is a daily series (M-F) that publishes a curated selection of recent research related to crime and justice. Each post contains links to new studies (each related to a single topic) that I hope will enhance your work explaining crime. The publication schedule is in flux for the moment.
These new studies related to criminology and criminal justice were published recently by journals I monitor:
1. Evaluating the Role of Goal Setting in Reducing Dropout for Men With and Without Substance Use Problems Attending a Court-Mandated Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrator Program, published in Victims & Offenders. (Restricted access)
2. Substance Use and Peer Associations: How Relationships Between Women on Community Supervision and Their Supervising Officers Matter, published in Criminal Justice and Behavior. (Restricted access)
3. Explaining Medical Cannabis Diversion Among Medical Cannabis License Holders: A Moderation Model, published in Crime & Delinquency. (Open access)
4. Drug Use Stigma and Reprisal: Barriers to Prison Needle Exchange in Canada, published in The Prison Journal. (Restricted access)
5. The Sociology of Contraband: Examining the Correlates of Illicit Drugs, Cellphones, and Weapons in U.S. Prisons, published in The Prison Journal. (Restricted access)
I might cover some of these studies further in Understanding Crime. If one sounds interesting or important, let me know in the comments.
Right now, I'm considering number 4. The following passage caught my eye:
After years of advocacy by a range of civil society groups, supported by scholarly and empirical research, Canada's federal prison service implemented a needle exchange program at select carceral institutions in 2018. Since the program rollout, however, uptake has remained minimal. To understand why, we conducted the first independent and national study of the program, interviewing 30 people who were incarcerated at one of the prisons with a needle exchange.