ArticleAIDS and behavior2013
The association between law enforcement encounters and syringe sharing among IDUs on skid row: a mixed methods analysis.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Policing Practices and Risk of HIV Infection Among People Who Inject Drugs.Epidemiologic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- HIV and the criminalisation of drug use among people who inject drugs: a systematic review.The lancet. HIV · 2017Pooled it
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- HIV Risk Behaviors Among Community-Recruited Older People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) Prescreening for HPTN 094 in Washington, DC.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Linkage to Substance Use Disorder Treatment Through Syringe Services Programs and the Criminal Legal System: A Cross-Sectional Study.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Article
- Drug use and harm reduction practices of applicants to a public health vending machine service in Clark County, NV, 2021-2023.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- Association between willingness to use an overdose prevention center and probation or parole status among people who use drugs in Rhode Island.Harm reduction journal · 2024Article
- "When people who use drugs can't differentiate between medical care and cops, it's a problem." Compounding risks of law Enforcement Harassment & Punitive Healthcare Policies.Health & justice · 2024Article
- HCV serostatus and injection sharing practices among those who obtain syringes from pharmacies and directly and indirectly from syringe services programs in rural New England.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2023Article
- The "goldfish bowl": a qualitative study of the effects of heightened surveillance on people who use drugs in a rural and coastal Canadian setting.Harm reduction journal · 2022Article
- The group-based law enforcement mistrust scale: psychometric properties of an adapted scale and implications for public health and harm reduction research.Harm reduction journal · 2022Article
- Preferences and acceptability of law enforcement initiated referrals for people who inject drugs: a mixed methods analysis.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2020Article
- Implementation contexts and the impact of policing on access to supervised consumption services in Toronto, Canada: a qualitative comparative analysis.Harm reduction journal · 2019Article
- Barriers to using new needles encountered by rural Appalachian people who inject drugs: implications for needle exchange.Harm reduction journal · 2019Article
- Elimination of HIV transmission through novel and established prevention strategies among people who inject drugs.The lancet. HIV · 2019Review
- Why are some people who have received overdose education and naloxone reticent to call Emergency Medical Services in the event of overdose?The International journal on drug policy · 2017Article
- Syringe Sharing Among a Prospective Cohort of Street-Involved Youth: Implications for Needle Distribution Programs.AIDS and behavior · 2017Article
- Differential experiences of Mexican policing by people who inject drugs residing in Tijuana and San Diego.The International journal on drug policy · 2017Article
- The Spatial-Temporal Pattern of Policing Following a Drug Policy Reform: Triangulating Self-Reported Arrests With Official Crime Statistics.Substance use & misuse · 2017Article
- Food insecurity among people who inject drugs in Los Angeles and San Francisco.Public health nutrition · 2016Article
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Abstract
The legal environment is one factor that influences injection drug users' (IDUs) risk for HIV and other bloodborne pathogens such as hepatitis C virus (HCV). We examined the association between law enforcement encounters (i.e., arrests and citations) and receptive syringe sharing among IDUs in the context of an intensified policing effort. We conducted a mixed methods analysis of 30 qualitative and 187 quantitative interviews with IDUs accessing services at a Los Angeles, CA syringe exchange program from 2008 to 2009. Qualitative findings illustrate concerns related to visibility, drug withdrawal, and previous history of arrest/incarceration. In quantitative analysis, the number of citations received, current homelessness, and perceiving that being arrested would be a "big problem" were independently associated with recent syringe sharing. Findings illustrate some of the unintended public health consequences associated with intensified street-level policing, including risk for HIV and HCV transmission.
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