Researching Latino Participants
Posted on January 20, 2009
Bias and acculturation issues affect Latino communities in the US, states Liliane Windsor (bio).
And then another important aspect, which is really my passion and where I do my research, is the more structural issues and the policy issues that arise when you're dealing with minority populations in the U.S., especially in terms of incarceration policies. Latinos tend to use less drugs than most other ethnic groups. They are over represented in the criminal justice system, and that doesn't mean that they are committing more crimes than other people. So what does that mean, and how can we intervene on that? Change that? Empower the communities so that biases towards Latinos are not getting in the way?
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Excerpted from interview with researcher at the 2008 National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse Conference in Bethesda, MD.
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