This brief uses California's CURES (Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System) 2.0 data to analyze county-level opioid prescribing rates in California from 2012 to 2017 from multiple perspectives. The book summarizes California's county-level opioid prescribing trends, examines potential correlates of opioid prescribing rates, and assesses the association of opioid prescribing on both criminal justice and public health outcomes. Finally, the authors discuss their principal findings and the implications for policy and practice, including the significant and lasting consequences of the opioid crisis on the criminal justice system and the importance of a multi-disciplinary approach to effectively address the crisis.

First comprehensive summary of opioid prescribing practices at the county-level in California from 2012 to 2017 Examines the effect of county-level correlates on the county-level opioid prescribing rate in California Demonstrates that higher opioid prescribing rates are associated with violent, property, drug and total crime arrest rates Estimates the effect of the opioid prescribing rate on three public health outcomes in California: emergency room visits, hospitalization, and overdose rates

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David P. Farrington, O.B.E., is Emeritus Professor of Psychological Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University. He has received the Stockholm Prize in Criminology and the four major awards (Sellin-Glueck, Sutherland, Vollmer, Bloch) of the American Society of Criminology. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, of the Academy of Medical Sciences, of the British Psychological Society, and of the American Society of Criminology. Alex R. Piquero is Professor of Sociology and Criminology and Arts and Sciences Distinguished Scholar at the University of Miami. He is currently serving as Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (effective August 2022). He has received several research, teaching, and service awards and is Fellow of both the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Wesley G. Jennings is Gillespie Distinguished Scholar, Chair, Professor, and Director of the Center forEvidence-Based Policing and Reform (CEBPR) in the Department of Criminal Justice and Legal Studies in the School of Applied Sciences and a Faculty Affiliate at the School of Law at the University of Mississippi. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Society of Criminology, and a Lifetime Member of both the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and the Southern Criminal Justice Association. Darrick Jolliffe is Professor of Criminology and former Head of the School of Law and Criminology, University of Greenwich. He is Co-Editor-in Chief of the Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology and on the Editorial Board of the British Journal of Criminology and Victims and Offenders. He was an academic appointee to the Expert Panel of the Youth Endowment Fund.

Klappentext

This brief uses Californiäs CURES (Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System) 2.0 data to analyze county-level opioid prescribing rates in California from 2012 to 2017 from multiple perspectives. The book summarizes Californiäs county-level opioid prescribing trends, examines potential correlates of opioid prescribing rates, and assesses the association of opioid prescribing on both criminal justice and public health outcomes. Finally, the authors discuss their principal findings and the implications for policy and practice, including the significant and lasting consequences of the opioid crisis on the criminal justice system and the importance of a multi-disciplinary approach to effectively address the crisis.

Inhalt

1. Introduction to the Opioid Crisis.- 2. County-Level Prescribing Rates: Aggregated and Disaggregated.- 3. Association between Community Socioeconomic Characteristics and Opioid Prescribing Rates.- 4. Association between Opioid Prescribing Rates and Criminal Justice Outcomes.- 5. Association between Opioid Prescribing Rates and Health Outcomes.- 6. Conclusions.