ArticleJournal of studies on alcohol and drugs2015
Police Victimization Among Persons Who Inject Drugs Along the U.S.-Mexico Border.
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- Interest in Receiving HIV PrEP Among Biological Male Latinx Migrants at High-Risk of HIV Living in Mexico.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2022Article
- The impact of recent homelessness on the provision of injection drug use initiation assistance among persons who inject drugs in Tijuana, Mexico and Vancouver, Canada.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
- "Pick up anything that moves": a qualitative analysis of a police crackdown against people who use drugs in Tijuana, Mexico.Health & justice · 2020Article
- Tattoo Removal as a Resettlement Service to Reduce Incarceration Among Mexican Migrants.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2020Article
- Deported Men's and Father's Perspective: The Impacts of Family Separation on Children and Families in the U.S.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of Injecting with Visitors from the United States Among People Who Inject Drugs in Tijuana, Mexico.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2019Article
- Factors associated with extrajudicial arrest for syringe possession: results of a department-wide survey of municipal police in Tijuana, Mexico.BMC international health and human rights · 2018Article
- The effect of public health-oriented drug law reform on HIV incidence in people who inject drugs in Tijuana, Mexico: an epidemic modelling study.The Lancet. Public health · 2018Article
- Predictors of injecting cessation among a cohort of people who inject drugs in Tijuana, Mexico.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Article
- Deportation and mental health among migrants who inject drugs along the US-Mexico border.Global public health · 2018Article
- Assessing police officers' attitudes and legal knowledge on behaviors that impact HIV transmission among people who inject drugs.The International journal on drug policy · 2017Article
- Health-damaging policing practices among persons who inject drugs in Mexico: Are deported migrants at greater risk?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
- Income inequality, drug-related arrests, and the health of people who inject drugs: Reflections on seventeen years of research.The International journal on drug policy · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveProblematic policing practices are an important driver of HIV infection among persons who inject drugs (PWID) in the U.S.-Mexico border region. This study identifies factors associated with recent (i.e., past 6 months) police victimization (e.g., extortion, physical and sexual violence) in the border city of Tijuana, Mexico.
methodFrom 2011 to 2013, 733 PWID (62% male) were recruited in Tijuana and completed a structured questionnaire. Eligible participants were age 18 years or older, injected illicit drugs within the past month, and spoke Spanish or English. Multivariable logistic regression analyses identified correlates of recent experiences of police victimization (e.g., bribes, unlawful confiscation, physical and sexual violence).
resultsOverall, 56% of PWID reported a recent police victimization experience in Tijuana. In multivariable logistic regression analyses, factors independently associated with recent police victimization included recent injection of methamphetamine (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.62; 95% CI [1.18, 2.21]) and recently received injection assistance by a "hit doctor" (AOR = 1.56; 95% CI [1.03, 2.36]). Increased years lived in Tijuana (AOR = 0.98 per year; 95% CI [0.97, 0.99]) and initiating drug use at a later age (AOR = 0.96 per year; 95% CI [0.92, 0.99]) were inversely associated with recent police victimization.
conclusionsPhysical drugusing markers may increase PWID susceptibility to police targeting and contribute to experiences of victimization. Interventions aimed at reducing police victimization events in the U.S.-Mexico border region should consider PWID's drug-using behaviors. Reducing problematic policing practices may be a crucial public health strategy to reduce HIV risk among PWID in this region.
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