Depoliticization of Violence: Critical Limits of Risk Environment Frameworks in Drug Use Research
The risk environment framework (REF) is a widely-accepted tool in policy research related to drug use. Its prevalence warrants a critical exploration of its strengths and weaknesses. This critical appraisal is a comprehensive analysis of the REF by definition and through relevant examples of its use...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/00469580241308442 |
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| Summary: | The risk environment framework (REF) is a widely-accepted tool in policy research related to drug use. Its prevalence warrants a critical exploration of its strengths and weaknesses. This critical appraisal is a comprehensive analysis of the REF by definition and through relevant examples of its use within the context of public health evaluations, social science research, and epidemiological strategies in substance use-related policy. We examine the tensions inherent to a risk environment analysis, centering on its deficit-based lens of behavior, risk, and harm. This narrative review argues for shifts in frameworks within drug policy research away from individual- and community-level blame. |
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| ISSN: | 0046-9580 1945-7243 |